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Subservicer Products; Vendor Updates - Raising Money, Buying Lenders, and Using Blockchain

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by Rob Chrisman on April 23 2019, 8:11 AM

Should small, non-depository mortgage bankers be concerned about big banks renewing their interest in FHA loans? Probably. Bank of America is promoting its $0 origination fee FHA & VA programs. Speaking of low down payments, we have last week’s...
Non-QM, HELOC Products; Specified Pool Primer; LO Comp and Licensing Update

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by Rob Chrisman on April 22 2019, 8:26 AM

Remember NINA loans from 10-15 years ago where the lender would purposely discard anything in the file dealing with income because underwriters didn’t want documentation? Several lenders are now promoting no income, no asset non-owner loans. For...
Paper on FHA Changes; Tech Report; Compliance and Ops News

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by Rob Chrisman on April 18 2019, 8:00 AM

Experienced originators know that lending is a numbers game. Every 100 cold calls result in 20 conversations, which result in 5 potential leads, which result in 1 closed loan. Or whatever personal ratios are. Not only that, but there is a 2-4-month lag...
Non-QM Products; Mortgage Mergers Roll On; QE Still Influencing Rates - a Primer

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by Rob Chrisman on April 17 2019, 7:50 AM

Economic doldrums? Probably not – but there is always someone out there claiming dire straits are right around the corner. A CNBC survey of Wall Street experts finds over 96% do not anticipate a recession by summer 2020, 70% are optimistic about...
Coaching, Underwriting, and Franchise Products; Tech Study; Fed Speeches This Week

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by Rob Chrisman on April 16 2019, 7:44 AM

Things aren’t always what they seem. Does the mainstream press, or politicians, think about how about how much money it takes to attract top talent to senior roles at top mortgage companies? Elizabeth Warren has led a new proposal to Respect the...
Marketing, HELOC Comp, Post-closing Products; New Broker Products

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by Rob Chrisman on April 15 2019, 8:11 AM

M&A grab current headlines (Freedom buying JG Wentworth’s mortgage biz being the latest) but it’s hard to put the past behind us, as an industry, when the past continues to grab them as well. “GE to pay $1.5 billion U.S. fine over...
Condo, Referral Products; Upcoming Events; Investing in the Industry Takes Many Forms

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by Rob Chrisman on April 12 2019, 8:19 AM

Loan officers everywhere tell me about “The Bank of Mom and Dad” helping buy homes , either through gifts or co-signing, helping overcome that down payment hurdle. Investing money is often a probability game. Did you know that one of Germany’s...
Underwriting, Bid Tape Tools; Fannie/Freddie, Conventional Conforming Updates

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by Rob Chrisman on April 11 2019, 8:14 AM

Kim Kardashian has vowed to take and pass the bar exam in 2022 without attending law school. You go girl! Few who go that route pass the test. Then again, few accomplish being famous just for being famous. Perhaps her goal is to one day address the MBA...
Broker, Automation, and Coaching Products; Asset Sale; Today's Market Movers

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

“My 8-year-old daughter can already read at a 5th grade level and ignore me at a 12th grade level.” Talking about young ‘uns, who needs great grades when… The house belonging to Peter Brand, Harvard’s fencing coach, appraised...
Capital Markets; Single Security Playbook; Vendor-Mania!

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by Rob Chrisman on April 09 2019, 7:32 AM

Free ice cream at Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops today? Count me in! Going back a few days, in Saturday’s commentary I mentioned a company offering blockchain HELOCs to brokers and correspondents. In other tech news, Bitcoin was used as collateral...
HELOC, Jumbo, Non-QM, and Broker Products; Bank Mergers, Capital Markets

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by Rob Chrisman on April 08 2019, 7:43 AM

The move down in rates has sparked optimism about volume (and perhaps margins) out there. But mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and the details thereof, for many reasons, continue. For example, HomeStreet, Inc., the parent company of HomeStreet Bank...
Appraisal and Construction Products; Lots of Events; Agency Changes

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by Rob Chrisman on April 05 2019, 8:07 AM

Some New Yorkers like to think that they’re at the Center of the Universe. But, though larger Java, in terms of islands, in Indonesia, is home to 135 million inhabitants versus Manhattan’s 1.7 million. (And although Manhattan does have about...
Capital Markets; Disclosure, FHA Products; Primer on Servicing Values

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by Rob Chrisman on April 04 2019, 8:22 AM

NASA has taken another step to make interplanetary living a reality, naming the top three finalists for its ongoing 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge . I am sure building something on the moon or Mars is expensive, and the taxpayer foots the bill. But here...
Outsourcing, Marketing, and Broker Products; Non-conforming and Jumbo Trends

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by Rob Chrisman on April 03 2019, 8:07 AM

Anyone traveling near San Francisco may have seen “The Flintstones House” perched on a hill next to the freeway. Neighbors don’t like it. But I guess my mind is officially warped as all I can think of is, “How does an appraiser...
Recruiting, Non-QM, Broker Products; Tech Survey; Vendor News

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by Rob Chrisman on April 02 2019, 8:21 AM

“Probability tells you that a toddler has a 50-50 chance of putting their shoes on the correct feet. Parenting tells you otherwise.” Merging or acquiring is a costly exercise and participants hope that the probabilities are high of success...

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