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Senior Sales Jobs, Construction-to-Perm Product; Mergers and Capital Markets

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by Rob Chrisman on May 10 2018, 8:21 AM

Amazon, Google , Apple, Uber (largest food delivery system in the world) taking over the world? Perhaps, especially if we’re willing to give it to them. I mention this because Amazon just inked a partnership deal with Lennar Homes to put its Alexa...
ARM and Jumbo Updates; FHA/VA, Manufactured Lender Trends

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by Rob Chrisman on May 09 2018, 8:05 AM

Psst… want a snapshot file that contains the national HMDA datasets as of April 18th, 2018 for all HMDA reporters, as modified by the Bureau to protect applicant and borrower privacy? Here you go . Versus 2016, there were 1 million fewer home loans...
Capital Markets Products; Non-QM Issuance; Freddie Extending Credit to Non-Banks?

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by Rob Chrisman on May 08 2018, 8:26 AM

Air travel is an interesting thing, and very safe by most metrics. Did you know that there are between 440,000 and 660,000 people in the air over the U.S. at any given time? (This morning one of those will be me as it is off to Dallas for the TXAMP luncheon...
LIBOR Update; Economy Readings Solid

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by Rob Chrisman on May 07 2018, 8:25 AM

Nearly every residential lender is selectively scaling back, or rumored to be scaling back, for a multitude of reasons. Suddenly a company cutting a LO who is barely doing one loan a month, or shuttering a continuously unprofitable branch, is turned by...
Mutual of Omaha/Synergy One Deal; Howard Bank Ends DTC

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by Matthew Graham on May 04 2018, 9:15 AM

May the 4 th be with you! The force is with the US Treasury Department as it prepares to take steps to cover a rapidly growing deficit. The government is increasing long-term debt to be auctioned this quarter to $73 billion, and is getting ready to introduce...
Loan Trading Platform; Fannie's Earnings and Conforming Updates; 3% Down Program

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by Rob Chrisman on May 03 2018, 8:36 AM

Moody’s addresses what every LO knows – the next area of “opportunity” in the mortgage market: next area of “opportunity” in the mortgage market : cash-out refinances. As many CLTVs are approaching 75%, homeowners may...
TPO Product; Builder CEO Comp; State-Level Changes

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by Rob Chrisman on May 02 2018, 8:19 AM

Greetings from the American Mortgage Conference in Pinehurst, NC! Fun with numbers: A penny is about 1/16 of an inch, or 192 per foot. A mile is 5,280 feet. If one were to stack pennies 1.1 million miles high you’d end up with… darn, never...
Broker and Recruiting Products; Mergers and Acquisitions Continue

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by Rob Chrisman on May 01 2018, 7:26 AM

May Day – how are we 1/3 of the way through 2018 already?! Folks are gearing up for this month’s MBA National Secondary conference in Manhattan. (Jungle drums say the MBA is down to 4 candidates for the president’s job, by the way.)...
MI and Jumbo Products; FHA, VA, and Ginnie News; Rates Take a Breather

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by Rob Chrisman on April 30 2018, 8:15 AM

Demographics will tell you that it makes more sense organizing populations by how they live – rather than where they live – is a much more precise way to talk about the world. People are human so we all tend to gravitate to those with similar...
News on Critical Defects; Two Harbors' Purchase; Capital Markets Update

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by Rob Chrisman on April 27 2018, 8:37 AM

Huh? Nearly half of borrowers don’t rate shop? Freddie Mac tells us that this is indeed the case (although every LO and broker I know would disagree). And if they did, they could save some bucks: between $1,000 and $2,000 over the life of the loan...
Productivity and Marketing Products; Changes to ATR and QM? Not so fast...

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by Rob Chrisman on April 26 2018, 8:42 AM

I'm a capital markets guy, so, by some people’s definition, don’t know much about numbers. But I know that .250 (a quarter point) on a $100,000 loan is $250. Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported...
Expense Control, Marketing Products; Digital Trends; Amazon's Blockchain Debut

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by Rob Chrisman on April 25 2018, 8:29 AM

Amazon Web Services, the conglomerate’s cloud computing division, has announced AWS Blockchain Templates, which will compete with similar offerings from IBM and Oracle . “The Amazon product gives developers access to a choice of two preset...
TPO and Secondary Products; Lender Data Breach; New LIBOR Substitute

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by Rob Chrisman on April 24 2018, 8:17 AM

Where should a lender reduce expenses? I received this note from STRATMOR’s Jeff Babcock. “In our numerous conversations with client mortgage origination companies regarding necessitous cost cutting, the target is virtually always operations...
Events and Webinars; GDP Primer; Rates at 2014 Levels

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by Rob Chrisman on April 23 2018, 8:35 AM

“A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money,” was never actually uttered by Illinois politician Everett Dirksen. ("Oh, I never said that. A newspaper fella misquoted me once, and I thought it sounded so good...
MBA's Compliance Accreditation; Freddie and Fannie Changes Continue

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by Rob Chrisman on April 20 2018, 8:22 AM

Did you know that Wells Fargo gives more assistance and aid to people and communities through its Foundation than any other company in the United States. For example, “the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT program looks to the future by delivering down...

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