<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Get Mortgage Funnels blog</title><link>https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/</link><atom:link href="https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Mortgage funnel, speed-to-lead, AI and compliance playbooks for loan officers.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Refinance Marketing When Rates Drop: A Loan Officer Playbook</title><link>https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/refinance-funnel-rate-drop-playbook/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/refinance-funnel-rate-drop-playbook/</guid><description>A rate-drop refinance playbook for loan officers: past-client lists, a goal-first refinance funnel, compliant ads without trigger terms, and break-even follow-up.</description><category>Ads &amp; compliance</category><dc:creator>Devin Okafor</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI Search for Loan Officers: How to Get Cited in AI Answers</title><link>https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/geo-ai-search-for-loan-officers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/geo-ai-search-for-loan-officers/</guid><description>Generative engine optimization for mortgage sites: how AI assistants pick sources, what makes a page citable, schema, llms.txt, crawler choices and a GEO checklist.</description><category>Web performance</category><dc:creator>Priya Raman</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mortgage Website Speed: Core Web Vitals for Loan Officers</title><link>https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/mortgage-website-speed-core-web-vitals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/mortgage-website-speed-core-web-vitals/</guid><description>Why mortgage website speed matters for leads and ads, what Core Web Vitals measure, the thresholds to hit, and the fixes that make LO sites and funnels fast.</description><category>Web performance</category><dc:creator>Priya Raman</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First-Time Buyer Marketing in 2026: Older, Fewer, More Careful</title><link>https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/first-time-buyer-funnel-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getmortgagaefunnels.com/blog/first-time-buyer-funnel-2026/</guid><description>First-time buyers were 21% of US purchases with a median age of 40 in NAR's 2025 report. 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