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TPO Products; FEMA News; Brexit Extension Impacts Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on October 28 2019, 7:45 AM

The Bank of Russia has reduced its benchmark interest rate to 6.5% from 7%, the sharpest cut in two years, and the EU has granted a Brexit extension to the UK. Mildly interesting. The U.S. saw something Friday that we hadn’t seen for nearly all...
Non-QM, DPA, Broker Products; Correspondent and Wholesale Updates

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by Rob Chrisman on October 25 2019, 8:24 AM

There are plenty of well-paid people in the mortgage biz. It is good to keep things in perspective: The U.S. median household income was $63,179 in 2018 according to U.S. Census Bureau. Sure, it is easy to become mired down in the statistics, but at this...
Broker, Credit, POS, and Cap. Mkts. Tools; Vendors Partnering and Raising Money

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by Rob Chrisman on October 24 2019, 8:29 AM

With only one week until Halloween we are reminded that time flies. Dating back 2,000 years to the Celtic festival of Samhain, Halloween is an ancient tradition associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires, though it has been taken over by children...
Anti-Fraud, Title, and Broker Products; Conventional Conforming News

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by Rob Chrisman on October 23 2019, 8:43 AM

Last week the Mortgage Bankers Association’s survey showed that retail applications dropped almost 12% last week from the week before. Refis were down 17 percent – in one week! Lots of folks are being asked by management about projections...
Appraisal, Broker, and Construction Products; Vendor News

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by Rob Chrisman on October 22 2019, 7:20 AM

I am often asked about a primer for capital markets. Much of the training is “on the job,” but for anyone serious about learning the topic, here’s a good place to start . How about a little learnin’ about the stock market, despite...
Non-QM, Affordable Housing, Income Products; Vendor News; What is Driving Rates?

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by Rob Chrisman on October 21 2019, 7:25 AM

Great MLOs keep up on events not only impacting their loans but on events impacting the everyone else’s loans as well. For example, the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the constitutionality of the CFPB’s structure . Saturday’s commentary...
Broker, Fraud, Credit, and Hedging Products; Lenders Adjust to FHA Changes

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by Rob Chrisman on October 18 2019, 7:56 AM

Here’s a little trivia for you. What does San Francisco have six of that Manhattan has none of? Dirt roads ! I don’t know if the cost of maintaining a dirt road is more than that of maintaining a paved road, but I do know that the industry...
Correspondent, Home Equity Products; Warehouse Facility For Sale; HUD and Flood Programs

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by Rob Chrisman on October 17 2019, 8:12 AM

52% of Agency biz (e.g., Freddie and Fannie) is first-time home buyers. Over at HUD, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), first-time home buyers account for more than 75 percent of FHA home purchases. FHA & VA continue to evolve –...
Broker, LOS, Warehouse Products; Nationwide Events and Free Training

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by Rob Chrisman on October 16 2019, 8:26 AM

Sen. Patrick Moynihan once said, “Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.” In a question guaranteed to generate opinions, there is, “Rob, do you ever think that the mortgage industry will be like the gasoline...
Marketing, POS, Appraisal Products; Non-QM Company and Product News

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by Rob Chrisman on October 15 2019, 8:19 AM

Scholars disagree on how much sleep we need, what time is the best time to wake up, and what time to go to work. But then again, scholars disagree on everything. Being a capital markets person on the West Coast is not easy, with most rising between 4...
Corresp. Jobs; Marketing, Pricing, DPA, 2nd Lien Products; New Vendor Offerings

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by Rob Chrisman on October 11 2019, 6:15 AM

Fun with HMDA! Compliance folks everywhere know that yesterday the CFPB (“educate through education rather than enforcement”) issued a final rule amending Regulation C to extend the current temporary threshold of 500 open-end lines of credit...
DPA, Pricing, Digital Products; Vendor News; Lenders Managing Capacity

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by Rob Chrisman on October 10 2019, 8:17 AM

I am in Chicago with the FHLBank Chicago, and, despite the congestion and energy on the streets, the numbers tell us that the local economy is slowing. (In local news, for his work on batteries, University of Chicago alum John Goodenough – try growing...
Broker, Non-QM, Digital Products; Changes at Freddie; USDA Primer

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by Rob Chrisman on October 09 2019, 8:09 AM

What’s your price hit for a non-owner-occupied loan? Currently, there are 12 million single-family homes being rented in the United States, 35 percent of all rental housing around the country, worth $2.3 trillion. Historically, single-family homes...
Digital, Correspondent, and Broker Products; HUD, FHA, VA Information

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by Rob Chrisman on October 08 2019, 8:27 AM

As Treasury yields head toward the lows of September, and Monday’s bond market holiday, let’s start Tuesday with some “trivia.” Did you know that one of the handful of original Cabinet members who are still in Donald Trump’s...
LO Pricing/Research Products; Training and Events

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by Rob Chrisman on October 07 2019, 8:16 AM

Remember those futuristic movies where humans battle machines? Are we really that far off? Here’s one development: artificial intelligence is transforming drones from picture takers into action takers. "One example of machine learning in drone inspection...

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