Lenders have always wanted to make sure their interaction with brokers and correspondents is as simple and easy as possible. Now though, the quest to create a friction-free conduit has almost become an act of desperation as lenders prepare for leaner times. At least for American Brokers Conduit, the wholesale division of American Home Mortgage Investment Corp., it seemed a natural progression to arrange direct access to the lender for its brokers using the Calyx…