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Sales and LO Jobs; Vendor News; Current Rates and the Economy

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by Rob Chrisman on October 31 2018, 8:24 AM

“The best part about Halloween is that the cobwebs in my house look like decorations.” For perhaps a morning, the focus for lenders has shifted away from cash flow and recruiting to who will win the yearly Halloween costume contest. The usual...
Borrower Satisfaction Products; Upcoming Events; Price Compression and High Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on October 30 2018, 9:07 AM

Plenty of vendors and lenders are focused on raising capital, merging, selling, or closing. It doesn’t take a brilliant detective to see the liquidity & earnings problems facing hundreds of lenders across the nation as warehouse banks and other...
Compliance, Broker, and App Products; Legal News from PrimeLending and Lehman

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by Rob Chrisman on October 29 2018, 8:09 AM

We have a whole generation of home buyers who have never seen a 5% mortgage rate, and interesting thought. We’re not in the “An ARM is better” territory, but lenders are certainly up for offering their clients all options that will help...
JPM's Ellie Mae Downgrade; Lots of Vendor News/Products; Tariffs and Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on October 26 2018, 8:33 AM

Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see. What if you want to put down roots there? The town, 3 and a half hours northeast of Phoenix, has plenty of reasonably-priced houses . It's high desert, and a casual glance...
Underwriting, Sales tools; Subservicer Product; Credit Union Primer; Legal News

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by Rob Chrisman on October 25 2018, 8:21 AM

The IRS ruled on the tax treatment of business meals? True .) Congressional Bank buying McClean Mortgage? (Rumor.) A loan officer at Umpqua stealing a processor's lunch from the lunchroom refrigerator? (Still researching.) Wall Street firms increasingly...
Non-QM, Tech, Sales Products; M&A Continues; U.S. Bank Correspondent Reorganization

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by Rob Chrisman on October 24 2018, 8:29 AM

Lenders, investors, and servicers don’t like bankruptcy, and for good reason. Thank you to Brian B. up in New Jersey who sent along this note about how courts are beginning to try to stem the tide of serial debtors who file multiple petitions for...
Loan Limit Thoughts; Long List of Credit Changes and Lender Updates

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by Rob Chrisman on October 23 2018, 8:48 AM

Historically the FHFA, and with it Freddie and Fannie, announce official loan levels for the following year soon after Thanksgiving . (There are always rumors prior.) The loan limits are based on home prices around the nation. After 2008, despite the...
Training & Events; False Claims Penalty; Lender Products & Services

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by Rob Chrisman on October 22 2018, 8:44 AM

Residential mortgage bankers are notoriously bad at actually retiring. They usually seem to come back as teachers, consultants, remodelers, etc. But plenty of people do retire, and per U.S. News the #1 place to retire is... Lancaster, PA ? Bring a sweater...
Appraisal White Paper; Data Filter Product; Capital Markets News

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by Rob Chrisman on October 19 2018, 6:48 AM

Everyone, and their brother, knows that the costs for builders to build a home are increasing. Politics aside, it turns out that the tariff changes are indeed impacting the cost of remodeling and building, and NAHB released a list of products affected...
HELOC and Digital Products; Training And Events

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by Rob Chrisman on October 18 2018, 8:14 AM

Whether it is reducing the number of cookies in a package and keeping the price the same or putting less ounces of cereal in a box and keeping the price the same, both are ways of slyly passing on costs to consumers. In housing, the same thing can be...
Self-Employed UW Products; Appraisal and Valuation Updates

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by Rob Chrisman on October 17 2018, 7:59 AM

As thousands of MBA conference attendees head for the DC airports, what’s the chatter? Regulators who want to remind lenders that not being able to afford a compliance department doesn’t allow a company to make RESPA violations. That it is...
FinTech Updates; Agency Deals; Off The Beaten Path at MBA Conference

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by Rob Chrisman on October 16 2018, 8:20 AM

What’s not being covered by the mainstream press here at the MBA conference? How about, given the rough financial conditions, monthly (and not quarterly) financials being requested by warehouse & correspondents? How about some attendees bunking...
Digital Products, New Book for LO's; Big Bank Mortgage Earnings

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by Rob Chrisman on October 15 2018, 8:29 AM

What’s new here at the MBA’s conference in Washington DC? Plenty of secretive M&A closed-door meetings, continued talk that Ginnie is carefully eying non-bank approved Ginnie issuer’s financial situations, conjecture of MI reps’...
Acquisition/lease Program; Slicing and Dicing Wells' Deal

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by Rob Chrisman on October 12 2018, 8:31 AM

“Rob, are you hearing about investors taking more of a hard line on every issue right now? In recent years they would give an extra day, or waive something, but they are not doing this right now.” Yes, I am hearing that, and that “hard...
Non-QM, Digital, Tech Products; MSA Compliance Webinar; Vendors Raising Money

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by Rob Chrisman on October 11 2018, 9:04 AM

We’re in the middle of mortgage conference season. (Are there any apple orchards left with all the applewood smoked bacon served at breakfasts?) The MBA’s National Conference begins Saturday - yes, nearly every conference eats into the weekend...

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