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CFPB Disclosure Form News; Create Your Freddie User Profile; How is April Looking for Lenders?

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by Rob Chrisman on April 18 2014, 7:30 AM

Tommy LaSorda supposedly said, "I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles: 80% of the people who hear them don't care and the other 20% are glad you're having trouble." Many mortgage banking analysts are concerned about percentages - and...
The Connection Between Financial Literacy, Millenials, and First Time Home Buyers

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by Rob Chrisman on April 17 2014, 6:41 AM

Home affordability is not a modern problem. In Zillow's In Search of Affordability , Krishna Rao writes, "Across the United States, strong home price affordability has been recently eroded by a combination of rising home prices and mortgage rates. Some...
Business vs Consumer Purposes; Wells and Chase Numbers Reflect Industry Trends

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by Rob Chrisman on April 16 2014, 7:36 AM

What happened yesterday? Donald Rumsfeld (remember him?) sent his annual letter to the IRS , telling the agency that, because of the complexity of the tax code, he has no idea if he paid his taxes correctly. AmeriSave Wholesale & Correspondent Lending...
Mortgage and Bank M&A; Ellie's Announcement; United Wholesale Rolls Out Non-QM

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by Rob Chrisman on April 15 2014, 8:42 AM

Don't forget: the bond markets close early on Thursday , and are closed entirely Friday. LOs know that any lender taking locks will price conservatively. But today it is business as usual, although being April 15 th retailers are "giving away" deals....
Owning Stock in the Agencies; FHA's HAWK Program; ABA Lending Survey Results

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by Rob Chrisman on April 14 2014, 7:12 AM

Certainly many statistics are showing us that things continue to pick up. But is the economy doing as well as the Fed thinks it is? If it is, the improvement is certainly not evident in the traditional sense, and the gap between the haves and the have...
CFPB on Loan Closings; Chase and Wells Mortgage Earnings Reflect the Industry; Lenders Selling Their Only Asset

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by Rob Chrisman on April 11 2014, 8:42 AM

What is the Economic Census ? According to U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, "the economic census is one of the Commerce Department's most valuable data resources," ya, but what does it show? "By providing a close-up look at millions of U.S...
Ocwen's Racketeering Lawsuit; MD Halts Eminent Domain; Latest on Agency Debate

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by Rob Chrisman on April 10 2014, 6:20 AM

Sometimes my 91-year old Dad's sense of humor grows tiresome. For example his, "How do you know it when you see a mortgage guy at the supermarket? He asks, "Paper or plastic (cackle cackle)." The plain fact of the matter with thousands in the biz, and...
Proposed Massive Citi Settlement; CFPB Hearing Today on "Who's in Your Wallet?"

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by Rob Chrisman on April 08 2014, 6:13 AM

As the industry watches the personnel turmoil at Utah's Castle & Cooke Mortgage, here's an interesting promotional twist: a builder's real estate company paying borrowers $100 to consult with the builder's mortgage company after the borrower already...
HAMP Challenges; State and Lender updates; Is Flood Relief on the Way?

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by Rob Chrisman on April 07 2014, 8:19 AM

I don't know too many people who look forward to dusting of their resumes, trying to squeeze into an interview suit, and making it look like their last job went precisely as planned. But such is the case with the modern worker, and very few people will...
Bank Mergers; A Primer on Odd Rate Sheet Pricing; Demand for Non-Agency Loans Picks Up

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by Rob Chrisman on April 04 2014, 8:15 AM

Once again the banking & mortgage industry makes headlines - for the wrong reasons . Poppi Metaxas, the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Gateway Bank, FSB, of Oakland, CA, has been indicted for bank fraud, bank fraud conspiracy...
CFPB Hearing on Discrimination & RESPA TILA Information; State Lawsuit Involving Dodd-Frank

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by Rob Chrisman on April 03 2014, 8:26 AM

Jeff O. writes, "When I saw the title 'Ellie Mae's outage' I thought that perhaps it involved my beloved Beverly Hillbillies star. That would have had major implications for many young boys back in the day. Granny would have had a heart attack, and Uncle...
Implications of Ellie Mae Outage; Mortgage Applications Continue to Drop; What is "Gain on Sale"?

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by Rob Chrisman on April 02 2014, 7:03 AM

Friday we'll have the employment data, or unemployment data, depending on how you'd like to look at it. Cynics in residential lending and other heavily regulated industries think that we're approaching the point where half the people who work actually...
CFPB RESPA-TILA Update Site; Bank Stress Test Results; FICO Changes Coming?

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by Rob Chrisman on April 01 2014, 6:52 AM

The total number of pages of the Federal Tax Rules, i.e., the IRS explanation of income tax code and regulations, has increased by 34,108 pages (to 74,608) since 1995, an increase of 5 new pages a day, 365 days a year for the last 19 years. I am sure...
FBI Investigating Flood Maps; Jumbo Production Forecast Falls; Proposed AMC Legislation

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by Rob Chrisman on March 31 2014, 8:03 AM

Before heading to Wisconsin for a few days, over the weekend I called The Bellagio to find out the betting lines on the PATH Act, Johnson-Crapo, Corker-Warner, and now Maxine Waters' lender co-op bill. They were all too busy watching basketball games...
The CFPB on payday lending & FCRA; increasing focus on 2nds and HELOCs - are we talking not enough or too much?

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by Rob Chrisman on March 28 2014, 8:29 AM

My cats Myrtle and Gusto are keenly aware that I use a credit card to buy their salmon-infused kibble when it runs low. And so they were very interested to learn that JPMorgan reported the top 5 credit card lenders in the U.S., in order and their market...

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