Pipeline Press - Rob Chrisman

Place your ad here

Email Alerts

Receive an Email Alert each time a story is posted to Pipeline Press.

- Subscribe to Email Alerts

RSS

- Posts | Comments

- View All RSS Feeds

Newsletters

- Subscribe to Newsletter

- Subscribe to Mortgage Rates Update

Latest Headlines

From Pipeline Press

Condo, Sales, and Business Intelligence Products; Freddie and...

Subservicer, Non-Agency Products; World Debt Increasing; Primer...

Manufactured Home and Capital Markets Products; Radian Expands;...

LO Resources; CRM, PR, and Sales Products; January Training

Secondary Marketing; Digital and Property Inspection Products;...

View All

Other Top Headlines

MBS Day Ahead: Bonds Fight to Hold Under Important Ceiling Amid...

MBS RECAP: One of Three Things is Going on With Bonds

Mortgage Rates Nominally Higher Despite Bond Market Warning

Has RESPA's Servicer Rule Reduced Foreclosures?

MBS Day Ahead: Bonds Break One Ceiling, But The Next One is More...

Latest Video

Shutdown Underwriting Shift; Existing Sales Resume Slide; Conservatorship Nearing an End?

Published: 1/22/2019

VIEW | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE

Comments

Latest Questions

Channel Options ↓ More

Pipeline Press Headlines

RSS

EMAIL ALERTS

News » Pipeline Press

Home » News Headlines » Pipeline Press Home

About this Channel

Pipeline Press is an informational forum focused on the interpretation and discussion of industry specific news, intelligence, investor bulletins, lender releases, developments, events and even rumor.

Sort by: Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented

Condo, Sales, and Business Intelligence Products; Freddie and Fannie Program Changes

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 18 2019, 7:59 AM

For the first time in history, the six biggest banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley — made $100 billion in profit in a year. Yowzah! There’s a lot going on out there, and Ben...
Subservicer, Non-Agency Products; World Debt Increasing; Primer on "Duration" and Mortgage Pricing

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 17 2019, 8:26 AM

Time has a way of slipping by. For example, I’ve really been meaning to transfer a bunch of Lotus 1-2-3 and Quattro Pro spreadsheets I have off of some floppy disks and onto my laptop but never seem to get around to it. Speaking of time passing...
Manufactured Home and Capital Markets Products; Radian Expands; Big Banks' Mortgage Volumes

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 16 2019, 8:25 AM

As pricing battles rage in the wholesale channel, there has been plenty of news of layoffs in residential lending over the last six months industry-wide, due to reasons like becoming more efficient, lower volumes, or fewer delinquencies, the most recent...
LO Resources; CRM, PR, and Sales Products; January Training

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 15 2019, 8:13 AM

Are rates too high given where the U.S. economy is? Traders, investors, and the Fed think they’re where they need to be, given the information we have. Others believe they will head lower this year due to a slowing economy. The release of bank big...
Secondary Marketing; Digital and Property Inspection Products; Radian's RADAR Rate Product

Comments (1)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 14 2019, 8:06 AM

My cat Myrtle has never flown coach. She doesn’t have the same complaint I have of airline workers who don’t seem to realize that “full” means full. For some reason they’ve created “completely full,” “extremely...
Marketing, Ops Jobs; Non-QM Products; Ginnie's Bright Resigns

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 10 2019, 8:35 AM

Let’s see… How much does it cost you to produce a residential loan? Pizza for the shippers, underwriter bonuses, copy paper, HP-12C batteries – it all adds up, and pretty soon you’re over $8 grand a loan! Boston Consulting Group...
Appraisal Products; Events This Week; New Buydown, Second Look Products

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 09 2019, 8:26 AM

The co-founder and former CEO of Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher, died last week. I mention this because I read his obituary and the article noted his advice to employees in 2014 when they were upset by efforts to reduce costs and otherwise evolve....
Database, Section 184 Products; Lennar/Eagle Lawsuit; Mergers Continue Nationwide

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 08 2019, 8:21 AM

In HELOC news, “traditional” lenders know that online lender Prosper plans to offer home equity lines of credit this year. The threats to real estate agents’ business models also just keep coming. Besides Clever, Ribbon Home, Zillow...
Homebuyer Product; Sample of Vendor News; Rates Reflecting Slowdown

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 07 2019, 8:13 AM

Let’s start the first 5-day workweek of 2019 off with something entirely non-mortgage related, although “unintended consequences from revenue-based decisions” come to mind. Weight can be a serious matter. (I admit that I have trouble...
Non-QM, Joint Venture Products; Agency Shutdown News; Flat Rates in 2019?

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 04 2019, 8:28 AM

Some view the end of one year and the beginning of another as an artificial construct, created by human intervention. Others take careful note of what happened during the year. For those in the latter category, Freddie Mac tells us that at the end of...
Digital Products; January Events; Basic Primer on how Rate Sheet Pricing is Set

Comments (1)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 03 2019, 8:16 AM

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR, not the NRA), Americans 36 and younger represented the largest share of home buyers (34%) in 2016. It was the fourth straight year in which this age group paced the home buying landscape, and my...
LO Opportunities; Warehouse, Marketing Products; VA Cash-out Changes

Comments (1)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on January 02 2019, 8:23 AM

Last week I noted a STRATMOR study that shows, pretty much year in and year out, that traditionally, 82% of residential production comes from 40% of the loan officers out there. Thank you to Kirk H., who sent a note and video on Price’s Law: The...
Dec. 31: Rates, the Fed, World Economies, Affordability, and the Shutdown

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on December 31 2018, 8:15 AM

How important is it for lock desk personnel to charge the correct fees for rate lock extensions? Very. Lock mistakes were included in Wells Fargo’s latest settlement with states, this time around for $575 million. There were other non-mortgage items...
FHA and VA Changes; Agency Deals Continue to Share Risk

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on December 28 2018, 7:47 AM

“Rob, should we be staffing up for another refi boom?” It seems like most lenders are pausing during the holidays to take stock of current staffing levels before adjusting them one way or another. Or running “what if” scenarios...
Marketing Products; Shutdown Update, Flood Insurance Setback; Over 1,400 Vendors?

Comments (0)

Read More

by Rob Chrisman on December 27 2018, 8:18 AM

The US taxpayer has been bearing the credit risk of 90% of all new origination over the past 10 years. What about property/collateral risk? Yesterday FEMA issued a new opinion disallowing new or renewal flood insurance policies during the partial shutdown...

1 2 3 4 5 Next > ... Last »

More From MND