Open Property Data Association appoints first intermediary executive member

Dale Jannels, CEO at One Mortgage System, has joined the executive committee of The Open Property Data Association (OPDA).

The independent industry body was launched earlier this month by the Home Buying & Selling Group (HSBG) and aims to foster innovation and industry-wide collaboration and to digitise the home moving process through the power of data. 

The core mission of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) is to deliver digitisation of the home buying and mortgage process through the adoption of open property data and technology standards across the whole industry. 

Last month, the OPDA appointed the first eight founding members of its executive committee.

Dale Jannels started his career with a five-year spell working for Legal & General, before joining AToM in 1999 where he graduated through the ranks before being appointed managing director in 2011. AToM later became Impact Specialist Finance and is a founding partner of One Mortgage System.  

Maria Harris, chair of The OPDA, said: "Intermediaries and mortgage lending play a crucial role in determining the customer’s home buying experience. It’s an area where we’ve seen huge innovation in recent years but there’s much more we can do to join up the end-to-end process and leverage the power of data and connectivity.

"Therefore, I’m hugely excited that Dale and OMS have joined us to deliver these standards and connectivity for intermediaries. OMS’ approach to developing technology is data and API first which puts them in a great position to help shape and deliver the next phase of our digital evolution. Dale’s passion for working across the sector to improve the intermediary, lender, and customer experience exemplifies the collaborative attitude and mindset we need.”

Dale Jannels commented: "I’m excited to work with Maria and the team at OPDA. I wholeheartedly agree with the vision and the approach that is being made to support the property buying and mortgage process and ultimately, the end consumer will benefit from these great strides forward. OMS was created to provide an easier mortgage transaction for all parties in the process and I believe our recent discussions can assist in developing a quicker and streamlined overall property transaction. I congratulate the OPDA team on making huge progress so far and I can’t wait to contribute moving forward."