ProPair Oxford Way

Tyler Brooks · Oxford Home Lending

Build the Standard

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How Oxford Home Lending's Standard was created — intake + call evidence, synthesized in a 2–3 week cycle with sales leadership.

Certification requirements

Thresholds are set by Oxford and enforced by the system.

Requirement
Threshold
Set by
Product Trainer
score ≥ 85%
Oxford
CT1 First contact reps
3 reps
Oxford
CT2 Credit-pull reps
3 reps
Oxford
CT3 Objection handling reps
3 reps
Oxford
Practice call average
avg ≥ 2.30
Oxford
No behavior below 2
final gate
Oxford
Hard-fail flags (CV1–CV3)
zero, always on
Oxford + ProPair compliance
Feedback timing
After each rep (or end-of-path)
Set by Oxford Home Lending
Compliance phrase checks
Recorded-line disclosure (required states), licensing boundary
Set by Oxford Home Lending + ProPair compliance
Engagement

Same mechanics everywhere; each customer picks the flavor. Mandate shops run hard gates and named boards; adoption shops run carrot-only gates and opt-in boards. Every reward counts cleared reps only — a rep below the quality bar counts toward nothing.

Setting
Current
Alternatives
Daily Spar
2 reps before the queue opens · ~7 min · 1 earned rest day/week
Off · 1–3 reps
Lead gating
Carrot: clearing the spar unlocks priority (RANK 1–2) leads
Hard gate · off
Leaderboards
Improvement + streaks · named
Anonymous · opt-in · off
Borrower difficulty
Progressive — personas get tougher as behaviors clear
Fixed tier
Manager coach card
Weekly · three recognition lines per pod
Daily · off
Live-call scores in competition
Never — practice only (fixed)
The Standard

The Standard is data — the same behavior IDs power practice scoring, live-call monitoring, and drill generation. Loan officers never see the IDs: their screens lead with plain-language names ("Lock the next step," "The soft-pull ask") grouped into five skill areas. The IDs live here, for scoring, calibration, and audit.

Six principles
P1
Discovery before prescription
Diagnose the borrower's situation before quoting anything.
P2
Rapport as a discipline
Active listening is a behavior, not a personality trait.
P3
Reframe, don't fold
Objections are surfaced concerns — meet them with the borrower's own goals.
P4
Own the next step
Every call ends with a scheduled, specific commitment.
P5
Educate to the license line
Explain what the guideline says. Do not give advice you aren't licensed to give.
P6
Accuracy and integrity
No rate quote without a lock. No misrepresentation. Ever.
Sixteen behaviors
ID
Behavior
Principle
Call types
Weight
B1
Opening & purpose framing
P2
CT1
2
B2
Rapport & active listening
P2
CT1–3
2
B3
Goal discovery
P1
CT1–3
3
B4
Timeline & urgency check
P1
CT1–3
2
B5
Financial-picture discovery
P1
CT1, CT2
3
B6
Need-before-solution sequencing
P1
CT1–3
3
B7
Credit-pull positioning
P5
CT2
3
B8
Product-fit explanation
P5
CT2, CT3
2
B9
Rate / 'wait for rates' objection
P3
CT1–3
2
B10
Next-step commitment
P4
CT1–3
3
B11
Payment-shock objection
P3
CT2, CT3
2
B12
Spouse / decision-maker inclusion
P1
CT1, CT3
2
B13
Documentation setup
P4
CT2
2
B14
Compliance disclosures
P6
CT1–3
3
B15
Licensing boundary
P5
CT1–3
3
B16
Follow-through & scheduled callback
P4
CT1–3
2
Hard-fail flags
CV1
Unlicensed rate quote
Quoting a specific rate without a valid lock.
CV2
Material misrepresentation
Any statement of fact that isn't verifiably true.
CV3
Compliance breach
Missing required disclosure or license-boundary violation.