26 HighLevel Updates That Actually Make Life Easier for Loan Officers: This Week’s HighLevel Highlights

October 15, 2025•6 min read

If there was ever a week to stop and check your HighLevel dashboard, this is it. This Weekly Breakdown covers 26 real updates—not vague fixes or invisible back-end patches, but tools that actually help mortgage pros run smoother workflows, cleaner outreach, and more organized accounts.

From a complete contact page redesign to smarter workflow AI, this drop packs meaningful wins whether you're solo or managing a team. Even better, many of these features are now unlocked for lower-tier plans.

Let’s break it down.

👤 All-New Contact Detail View

Detailed contact record view in HighLevel showing three columns: contact details on the left, message history in the center, and activity timeline on the right. The conversation includes system notifications about invoices and marketing messages, along with contact attributes like tags, owner, and source.

What Changed: Tags, actions, and associations are now at the top, and you can edit opportunities without leaving the contact.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Less scrolling, more control
Edit deals in context
Smarter organization

Tip: Use “View Opportunity Details” to quickly update deal stages without leaving the contact.

📝 Duplicate Management & Merge Tool

Contacts page in HighLevel displaying the Add Contact button with an open dropdown menu. Options include Export, Manage Smart Lists, Settings, and Manage Duplicates—highlighting the duplicate management and merge tool feature.

What Changed: Bulk-find and merge duplicate contacts by name, email, or phone.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Faster database cleanup
Less manual checking

Tip: Run this weekly to keep your CRM clean and avoid double outreach.

🧠 Workflow AI Builder

Workflow AI interface in HighLevel showing an automated workflow for handling ‘no-show’ appointments. The flow includes triggers and actions such as waiting 15 minutes, sending SMS to reschedule, waiting for customer replies, and tagging contacts based on responses. A description explains the automation logic.

What Changed: Generate entire automations from a single chat-style prompt.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Saves hours of setup
Great starting point for new follow-up sequences

Tip: Skip technical instructions—just describe your intent and let it build.

♻️ Version History & Restore for Workflows

Workflow version history panel in HighLevel showing the current version (v16) with auto-save, alongside previous versions v15–v12, each timestamped and marked as drafts. The right-side interface includes options to save or restore versions.

What Changed: Undo, redo, autosave, and rollback options now live.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Test without fear
Recover lost edits instantly

Tip: Turn this on in Labs and treat it like "Google Docs for workflows."

📊 Workflow Overview Dashboard

Automation dashboard in HighLevel showing Workflow Overview metrics such as total workflows, published workflows, total enrollments, and workflow enrollments per month displayed as a line graph. The right panel lists workflows with recent errors, and trigger analysis data is summarized below.”

What Changed: New panel shows enrollment trends, error summaries, and workflow counts.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Spot issues early
Monitor engagement by flow

Tip: Schedule weekly reviews to clean up errors and optimize performance.

🌐 Company-Based Workflows

What Changed: Trigger automation off company objects (great for partner tracking).

Why It Matters for LOs:

Automate referral onboarding
Tie workflows to partner activity

Tip: Rename "Company" to "Referral Partner" for better clarity.

⭐ Custom Objects on All Plans + Higher Limits

What Changed: Now available on $97 plans; limits increased from 3 to 10.

Why It Matters for LOs:

More flexible CRM setups
Custom-fit for your pipeline

Tip: Use one object for referral partners, another for loan conditions, etc.

➕ Add/Remove Associated Records in Workflows

What Changed: Automatically attach or remove related records in automations.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Automate follow-up across multiple records

Tip: Use this to loop in co-borrowers, spouses, or referral agents.

👥 Company + Find Object Record Actions

What Changed: Add companies and search for object records via workflow.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Prevent duplicate partners or deals

Tip: Combine this with "Mark as Unique" for clean data.

✨ Mark Custom Fields as Unique

Update Custom Object Stats window in HighLevel showing eight records with various update statuses: Success, Warning, and Error. Warnings indicate duplicate field values (Doctor ID). The interface includes tabs to filter by status and a data table listing Record ID, Name, Status, and Reason.

What Changed: Set fields like email or company name to prevent duplicates.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Prevent duplicate partners, conditions, or team entries

Tip: Always mark email as unique for any referral/partner objects.

🌍 Custom Object Dashboards

Custom Objects Dashboard in HighLevel showing data visualizations such as pie charts and line graphs. Widgets include Cars by Assignee, Count of Cars Over Time, Apparel Size Breakdown, and Total Apparels. The right-side panel displays widget creation options under categories like Cars, Candidates, and Apparels.

What Changed: Build dashboard widgets using custom objects.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Visualize your partner pipeline

Tip: Create widgets like "Top 10 Agents by Closed Deals."

🏆 Unlimited Dashboards on All Plans

Dashboard overview page in HighLevel displaying multiple dashboards available on the left sidebar. The main view shows metrics for Opportunity Value, Conversion Rate, and visual graphs comparing open versus won deals. The highlighted sidebar emphasizes the ability to create and access unlimited dashboards.

What Changed: Dashboard limits removed for $97 and $297 plans.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Track everything without upgrading

Tip: Assign different dashboards to ops, LOs, and marketing.

📻 New Conversations UI

Updated HighLevel Conversations dashboard showing multiple guest chat threads, a live conversation thread in the middle panel, and detailed contact information on the right with fields for name, tags, and lead data. The system message ‘Chat closed due to user inactivity’ is visible, illustrating automated live chat management

What Changed: Cleaner layout with better contact visibility and action buttons.

Why It Matters for LOs:

See contact info and context faster

Tip: Use tags and workflows from within the chat window.

⏰ SLA Settings in Conversations

HighLevel Conversations interface showing the Team Inbox with multiple guest chat threads on the left, an active chat conversation with automated responses in the center, and a task panel on the right. A tooltip indicates a time left to reply—3 minutes and 6 seconds—displaying SLA countdown functionality.

What Changed: Track response deadlines and set overdue alerts.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Stay on top of lead replies

Tip: Set your SLA target to match your speed-to-lead goal.

📧 Email AI (Beta)

What Changed: Generate email templates with layout, copy, and branding.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Launch emails faster, without a designer

Tip: Ask for specific tone or structure in your prompt (e.g. "promo for new program").

📋 Multi-Object Task Associations

Tasks sidebar showing filter options for team member assignment, status, contact email, and associated opportunity. The panel allows users to filter or match multiple criteria for tasks associated with different CRM records like contacts or opportunities.

What Changed: Link tasks to contacts, deals, companies, and more.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Centralized follow-up actions

Tip: Assign onboarding tasks to both the deal and the partner.

🔒 Pipeline Permissions

Pipeline management view showing a list of pipelines (Leads, Sales, Projects, Reactivation, etc.) with columns for number of stages and last updated date. On the right side, the ‘Sharing & Permissions’ panel allows setting access controls—options include sharing with all users, selected users, or excluding specific users.

What Changed: Restrict pipeline access by user or team.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Keep ops and sales pipelines clean

Tip: Lock down stages while onboarding new LOs.

🗂️ Smart Tags in Pipelines

Opportunities > Pipelines screen showing the ‘Add Smart Tag’ setup panel. The user can select pre-built tags such as ‘New Lead,’ assign colors, and create automation rules. The main area promotes Smart Tags for highlighting stale leads or urgent follow-ups, with a blue button labeled ‘Add Smart Tag.

What Changed: Automatically tag stale or unassigned deals.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Keep pipelines current and visible

Tip: Use smart tags to highlight deals with no activity in 14+ days.

💬 Comment Management in Social Planner

Social Post Planner under the ‘Comments’ tab, showing a Facebook post from Spark Group with multiple comments and replies. The interface allows sorting by top comments, filtering by date range, and selecting specific social platforms like Facebook and Instagram. The layout displays a running thread of engagement beneath the post.

What Changed: View and respond to comments directly in-platform.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Manage engagement without bouncing to Facebook or IG

Tip: Assign comment replies to team members.

🌟 Social Listening in Planner

Social Planner dashboard under the ‘Social Listening’ tab displaying three panels: Google Trends, Pinterest Keywords, and Wikipedia Pageviews. Each section lists trending searches, pins, and pageviews for various topics and personalities like Barcelona, fall outfits, and Jimmy Kimmel, with metrics such as search counts, pins, and views

What Changed: Track brand or keyword mentions across platforms.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Monitor your reputation or competitors

Tip: Add local keywords like your city + "mortgage" to stay in the loop.

💊 Meta Threads Integration

Social Planner landing page promoting social media integrations. The top section shows icons for Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, GBP, and LinkedIn. Threads is highlighted with a blue outline and arrow. Below are feature cards for bulk scheduling with CSV, evergreen post queues, recurring posts, and RSS feed generation.

What Changed: Schedule and monitor Threads posts.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Stay consistent across emerging platforms

Tip: Repurpose content from Facebook for Threads with light edits.

🔗 Bluesky Integration

Social Planner’s ‘Connect Social’ window showing integration options for multiple platforms: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, and Bluesky. The ‘Connect Bluesky’ button is marked with a ‘New’ label, highlighting the recently added integration. A banner above announces availability of Threads and Bluesky connections

What Changed: Plan and post to Bluesky from within HighLevel.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Expand reach with one tool

Tip: Include your HL link in every bio or pinned post.

📱 TikTok DMs & Comment Triggers

Workflow builder interface showing the addition of a trigger named ‘Customer Replied.’ The trigger configuration panel allows filtering by reply channel, with available options including Facebook Messenger, Instagram DM, Live Chat, SMS, WhatsApp, and TikTok—highlighted as a new option. The user can save the trigger via a blue ‘Save Trigger’ button

What Changed: Use TikTok messages/comments as workflow triggers.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Engage leads from viral content

Tip: Offer lead magnets in exchange for specific keywords.

📚 Template Library for 97 & 297 Admins

Upgrade Plan pop-up showing the Truly Unlimited plan for $497 per month. The window lists features like adding templates, custom categories, custom types, sharing and cloning templates, and customizing template libraries for sub-accounts. The ‘Create Template Library Plans’ feature is labeled ‘Coming Soon.’ A blue button labeled ‘Upgrade Now’ is visible at the bottom.”

What Changed: All plans now get access to the full template library.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Build pages, emails, and funnels faster

Tip: Filter templates by use case (e.g. lead gen, reviews, follow-up).

🎨 Global Colors in Brand Boards

What Changed: Set global color themes usable across your assets.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Keep brand consistency across teams

Tip: Add global colors via custom values for even easier editing.

📍 Google Business Profile Channel Setup

What Changed: Add phone numbers + social channels to GBP inside HighLevel.

Why It Matters for LOs:

Direct more leads to your preferred channels

Tip: Use a tracked number to monitor GBP lead flow.

🎥 Watch the Full Weekly Breakdown

This is the kind of release where features stack fast and updates slip by if you’re not watching. From workflow shortcuts to design upgrades, it’s all designed to save time, simplify your process, and sharpen your client experience.

👉 Watch the full video now and see why we’re finally recommending HighLevel quizzes for real lead gen.

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