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Training, Marketing, Broker Products; Stocks, Bonds, and Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on November 19 2019, 1:50 PM

A pass rate of 51% on July’s California bar exam may not seem like cause for celebration, but it’s the first time in six years that a majority of people who took the July test passed. If the majority of people think that there will be a U...
Licensing, Loan Data, Non-QM Products; Customer Service Survey; No Fed Move 'til April?

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by Rob Chrisman on November 18 2019, 8:29 AM

Do you dread “Smonday?” (That’s when Sunday stops feeling like a Sunday, and the anxiety of Monday kicks in.) Here is something to dread. All this talk about MLOs losing their jobs to automation, or real estate agents losing their job...
Home Equity, Budgeting Tools; Extensive Reports on Rise of Non-Bank Lending

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by Rob Chrisman on November 15 2019, 8:18 AM

This week I’ve been running football quotes in the joke section at the bottom. Thanks to Gary B. who sent Chuck Noll’s, “Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.” Lots of folks in our industry...
Broker, Marketing, DPA Tools; GSE Changes; Yield Curve, Employment, and Mortgage Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on November 14 2019, 8:27 AM

Some people save $2.95 a day by making coffee at home rather than stopping at Dunkin’ or Starbucks. It adds up! Something didn’t add up for WeWork which reported this morning that it lost $1.25 billion in the 3rd quarter. I think that’s...
Underwriting, Broker, ECOA, Free LPMI Products; Fire AND Flood Updates

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by Rob Chrisman on November 13 2019, 8:36 AM

I continue to see headlines as I head to balmy Kansas today. There was, “A Court Ruling Makes Mortgages Vanish Into Thin Air.” This is a headline no lender wants to see, but apparently this court decision might change how home loans are valued...
Compensation, Sales, Underwriting Tools; Tariffs, Trade, and Rate Primer

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by Rob Chrisman on November 12 2019, 7:44 AM

Everyone has a different opinion about the economy. “Nobody’s right, if everybody’s wrong” or “Everybody’s right (eventually), if nobody’s wrong.” How many times do we hear, “Even if interest rates...
Sales, Audit Tools; Vendors Raising Funds; 10-year Yield's 3 month, 50 bp Move

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by Rob Chrisman on November 08 2019, 8:27 AM

As rumors swirl about Michael Bloomberg entering the race for president, MLOs are winding down for the year (a few have written to me saying that, after a solid November and 2019, they’ll be coasting during December and try to push closings into...
Appraisal, DPA, Broker, Condo Products; Legal, Settlement News

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by Rob Chrisman on November 07 2019, 8:20 AM

Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and with it, pumpkin pie. (Yes, I know that this is a mortgage commentary, but even pumpkins have their share of regulation and controversy, a lead in to mortgage legal issues below.) Pumpkin is a variety...
Warehouse, Tech Integration Tools; Ginnie Booming, Trade Status Primer

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by Rob Chrisman on November 06 2019, 7:57 AM

Besides sudden news, like PennyMac filing an antitrust lawsuit against Black Knight for anticompetitive behavior (“…market-dominating LoanSphere® MSP mortgage loan servicing system to engage in unfair business tactics that both entrap...
Broker, Pricing, Workflow Products; Bank and Vendor Mergers; Fed to Pause Rate Cuts

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by Rob Chrisman on November 04 2019, 6:39 AM

Who says there’s nothing new under the sun? Here’s a 14-year old’s clever cure for the blind spot in cars . Uber launched a new division known as Uber Money offering drivers and couriers access to a mobile bank account. Here’s...
Compliance, Construction, QC Products; 86% of Ginnie's Business is From Non-Banks?

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by Rob Chrisman on November 01 2019, 8:20 AM

Welcome to “Bring Your Kid’s Candy to Work” Day, when candy bowls at receptionist’s desks and lunchrooms are brimming with treats worth a gander. What is also worth a gander, besides the Agencies announcing the threshold for smaller...
Capital Markets Jobs; Pricing Products; Loan Processing Survey Results

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by Rob Chrisman on October 31 2019, 8:39 AM

Halloween already! Who wouldn’t want to live in the scary Tombstone, AZ, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Kill Devil Hills, NC, Yellville, AR, Transylvania County, NC, Slaughter Beach, DE, Casper, WY, or Scarville, IA? What is also scary for many is that the...
Non-QM, Broker Products; Training and Events Coast to Coast

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by Rob Chrisman on October 30 2019, 8:06 AM

Partnerships and acquisitions are flying around like monkeys in the Wizard of Oz. (Okay, that was a reach, but I saw it in the bookstore yesterday so was “top of mind.”) The latest example is Guaranteed Rate and @properties teaming up to launch...
Broker, Compliance Products; Ellie/Capsilon Deal; Big Banks Back Into FHA Lending?

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by Rob Chrisman on October 29 2019, 7:55 AM

As noted in the commentary very early yesterday, a shade ahead of the actual details, the big news was the HUD/DOJ/False Claims Act announcement. Cutting “to the chase,” it prompted one CEO of a small non-bank lender to write me saying, “Well...
TPO Products; FEMA News; Brexit Extension Impacts Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on October 28 2019, 7:45 AM

The Bank of Russia has reduced its benchmark interest rate to 6.5% from 7%, the sharpest cut in two years, and the EU has granted a Brexit extension to the UK. Mildly interesting. The U.S. saw something Friday that we hadn’t seen for nearly all...

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