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CFPB Goes After PHH; Thoughts & Surveys on Current Builder & Lender Environment - Good & Bad News

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by Rob Chrisman on January 30 2014, 8:24 AM

The industry is changing. The first half of 2013 is a distant, fond memory for residential lenders. Subprime, non-prime - what's the diff? Business Week reports on it . And the lender landscape is changing - one East Coast correspondent rep wrote me,...
MSI Exits Lending Channels; Cherry Hill & Freedom Concerns; Floating Note Rate Auction Primer; MBS Margin Requirements

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by Rob Chrisman on January 29 2014, 8:32 AM

"After much discussion, research and deliberation, Mortgage Services III (MSI) has decided to exit the Wholesale Mortgage Broker and Non-Regulated Financial Institution Correspondent mortgage business. Additionally, MSI will no longer offer Delegated...
Fannie Mae Creates Appaiser Blacklist; Do AMCs Make Sense? Bank M&A Rolls On - Are Mortgage Banks Doing the Same?

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by Rob Chrisman on January 28 2014, 8:37 AM

If you don't think the nation is changing, think again. California's Latino population is going to overtake the white population in only two months, according to this year's state budget report. And the Golden State is also getting older, with the population...
CFPB Exam Procedures; Mortgage Training and Events; Can your Vendors or Investors Force your Hiring Decisions?

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by Rob Chrisman on January 27 2014, 7:30 AM

"It is a well-known fact that 5 out of 3 people struggle with fractions." What fraction of your day do you spend exercising? Total health care spending in the USA (i.e., total spending from all sources both government/public and private) is expected to...
Servicing Transfers on Fire; Banks Will Pay for Target Fiasco; HARP 3.0 Hopes Dim but Rates Improving

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by Rob Chrisman on January 24 2014, 8:52 AM

Just like the industry counted down to QM, now we can count down to Girl Scout Cookie Season! We have about 16 days - but there is a lot about these treats the public doesn't realize. As was noted in this mortgage commentary last year, two commercial...
Info on Points & Fees Cap; State Lending Programs Exempt From QM; Flagstar's Earnings: Ouch!

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by Rob Chrisman on January 23 2014, 7:43 AM

All is not bleak in residential lending. Note that yesterday the MBA reported applications rose 4.7% last week versus +11.9% the previous week. Yes, versus a year ago applications are down 56%, but there is some good news. For the third week in a row...
State Updates; Storm May Lead to a Quiet Market; Hiring of and Lending to Millenials

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by Rob Chrisman on January 22 2014, 7:15 AM

The residential lending industry and the companies inside of it are always in a state of flux. I am repeatedly hearing, "We're keeping a close eye on personnel costs - if apps stay down here, we'll be evaluating our staffing." We all know what that means...
APOR Safe Harbor Site; Thoughts on LO Comp; It's Raining Servicing Packages

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by Rob Chrisman on January 21 2014, 7:38 AM

How 'bout that Chinese housing market? New home sales last year exceeded $1 trillion for the first time as property prices in cities the government considers "first tier" surged in the absence of more nationwide property curbs. (With my luck, I'd own...
Freddie's QC Goals; Jumbo Investor Chatter; Lender Updates; Where is Fannie & Freddie's Business Coming From?

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by Rob Chrisman on January 17 2014, 8:38 AM

"The check's in the mail!" Hah! The Fed reports the number of checks paid has declined from close to $50B in the 1990s to about $20B. With tax rates being what they are, and many chafing at increased government intervention in most areas of our lives...
LO Comp Discrepancies Continue; CFPB "Fact vs Fiction" on ATR; Lender Purchased by Bank

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by Rob Chrisman on January 16 2014, 8:24 AM

I just read that last year 4,213,157 people got married. I don’t want to start any trouble, but shouldn’t that be an even number? While we’re gossiping about numbers, Kit Crowne with Right Trac Financial in CT writes that Thucydides...
New Forecast for 2014 Volume; Legal Notes - Why is the ACE Securities Case Important to Correspondent Buybacks?

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by Rob Chrisman on January 15 2014, 8:37 AM

It looks like the industry did about $1.75 trillion in 2013, and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) lowered its forecast for mortgage originations in 2014 by $57 billion to $1.12 trillion for the year, based on declining mortgage application activity...
Servicing Continues to Hit the Markets; Chase, Wells, Stonegate Earnings Details Represent Lending Environment

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by Rob Chrisman on January 14 2014, 8:47 AM

They say a good writer will grab the reader's attention within the first three sentences, and never let it go. I don't think I'm qualified to judge literature, or authors for that matter, but when I read, "For the fifth year in a row, the Federal Housing...
A Wholesaler Exits, A Correspondent Enters; Home Ownership Counseling

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by Rob Chrisman on January 13 2014, 8:40 AM

First Community Mortgage announced its new expanded TPO/supervised correspondent channel to include a full delegated correspondent platform. "While our delegated correspondent price is competitive and our purchase process is fast, what sets FCM Correspondent...
Non-QM Lenders and Investors; QM Info on Points & Fees for Affiliates, and Info on MI under QM

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by Rob Chrisman on January 10 2014, 7:10 AM

It's here. Effective today, QM rules the land. What does the public see regarding QM (apart from Cordray on the Daily Show )? Here you go . And what consumer, including you and me, wouldn't want to be protected against bad loans or lenders? That is, until...
Parkside's REIT & Non-QM ARM; Mergers & Acquisitions for Lenders; FHFA Delays Gfee Changes

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by Rob Chrisman on January 09 2014, 7:43 AM

There were a lot of happy lenders yesterday when they learned that the FHFA's new director, Mel Watt, announced that he intends to delay guarantee fee changes that were announced last month by his predecessor, Ed DeMarco. The FHFA plans to conduct an...

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