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Foreclosure Law, Advertising Changes, Trigger Leads and 'Low Rates, Who Can Refi?'

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by Rob Chrisman on August 12 2011, 9:18 AM

(Sorry the commentary is a little late today. It took me a long time to wade through all of the investor price-change e-mails from yesterday. So let's all take a deep breath...) Q: How many auditors does it take to change a light bulb? A: Auditors don...
Perspective on Rejected Title Insurance Claims; Even More Negative News for RMIC; Commercial Delinquency Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on August 03 2011, 9:05 AM

Lots of folks take vacations during the summer, and many have to ration out their days-off during the year. How does the amount of vacation you have stack up to the rest of the world? Although there is no corresponding chart of GDP per person, the chart...
Lending to Borrowers with Negative Equity: Spotlight on the FHA's Negative Equity Program

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by Rob Chrisman on December 08 2011, 8:36 AM

If you made a Christmas wreath out of $100 bills would you have Areath-a Franklins? I have been retained by a very well-capitalized mortgage bank to assist in its search for a Senior Regional Operations Manager in Sacramento, CA. It is a national lender...
Wells Fargo Exits Reverse Mortgage Business; Harmony Loan Product; LPS Sees Fewer Defaults; Radian Loosens Regs

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by Rob Chrisman on June 17 2011, 9:05 AM

"Mama just hung her head and said, 'Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home...'" The U.S. Census Bureau announced that among those who moved between 2009 and 2010, almost 44% of them (16.4 million) did so for housing-related reasons...
More Fannie vs. Freddie; Webinar: The False Claims Act and FHA Lending; Pipeline Hedging and Pull-Through Volatility

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by Rob Chrisman on May 11 2011, 8:54 AM

Regardless of what my kids say, this commentary hasn't been around long enough to have ever been written by candlelight. But starting next year I will be able to say I used incandescent light . On Jan 1, 2012, the 100-watt incandescent light bulb will...
Customary and Reasonable Fees: Appraisers Under Fire

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by Rob Chrisman on May 23 2011, 11:29 AM

I don't know if this quite falls under the "No good deed goes unpunished" category, but the proposed simplified combined version of the GFE and TIL is coming under pressure already." Industry groups say the revisions may lead to limits on innovation and...
The Evolution of Internet-Based Mortgage Lending

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by Rob Chrisman on June 23 2011, 9:15 AM

[I am on vacation, and my access to e-mail is sporadic and not timely. In my place are daily commentaries from a series of very knowledgeable mortgage industry people with different backgrounds, and they have been given very little direction about what...
Compensation Discussions Around the Country; QRM, MERS updates

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by Rob Chrisman on February 18 2011, 9:06 AM

There's a saying, "We are born naked, wet, and hungry. And then things get worse." But perhaps, just perhaps, smaller mortgage brokers and bankers won't see things get worse with the Qualified Residential Mortgage ("QRM") plans . Dodd-Frank requires lenders...
Judge Ponders Compensation Rule Change Restraining Order; Risk Retention Reactions; Mortgage Jobs;

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by Rob Chrisman on March 30 2011, 6:41 AM

Harkening back to the Prius' brake recall issue, this bumper sticker was seen: "TOYOTA: Once you drive one, you'll never stop." Pun aside, I would imagine that some in the mortgage banking business wonder if "it" (large-scale...
L.O. Comp Restraining Order Denied; QRM's Impact on Jumbo Loan Market; HAMP Voted Out in House; Title Insurance Stats

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by Rob Chrisman on March 31 2011, 8:57 AM

Here's one succinct note that I received regarding Reg. Z: "I am really sick of this comp crap." Another wrote, "Next week will be very exciting, as LO's working at each company see and hear exactly what competitors' set up for pricing & margins for...
New Agency Borrowers Will Pay for Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Catch the Wave - Move Back in With Your Parents

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by Rob Chrisman on December 23 2011, 9:13 AM

The Census Bureau reports that between 2005 and 2011, the proportion of young adults living in their parents' home increased. The percentage of men age 25 to 34 living in the home of their parents rose from 14% in 2005 to 19% in 2011 and from 8% to 10...
HARP 2.0 Unintended Consequences; Old Republic Re-entering the MI Biz?

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by Rob Chrisman on October 28 2011, 8:28 AM

For those out there that like maps, who are Native American or Alaskan, or who live in Native American areas, here is a nifty illustration (Oklahoma really stands out!). You know you've become mainstream when you have a conference, whether it is the MBA...
Refi Percentage Dropping; S&P Downgrades Banks; HARP Contact Info for Borrowers; MBA Classes for Originators

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by Rob Chrisman on November 30 2011, 9:06 AM

According to a recent survey by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the typical U.S. homebuyer spent less and borrowed less in 2011 . NAR's annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, which due to methodology tends to under-represent investors...
Special Holiday Edition Dedicated to the Mortgage Tax

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by Rob Chrisman on January 16 2012, 7:59 AM

Remember in the old days when all you had to worry about was trying to decipher lyrics from folks like Mick Jagger and Van Morrison? Instead we are "privileged" to have received dozens of investor updates in recent days, most dealing with the congressionally...
Fannie Mae Suspends RMIC; Ocwen's Shared Appreciation Modification Program; Title Claim Trouble

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by Rob Chrisman on August 01 2011, 8:35 AM

"I had amnesia once--or maybe twice." One's mental health is nothing to joke about, and long days can make folks pretty sleepy (just ask any West Coast secondary marketing managers called into a 3PM meeting with a CFO...). We don't listen as attentively...

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