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DPA, Broker, Customer-Centric products; Tech Survey Results

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by Rob Chrisman on August 30 2019, 8:23 AM

As Floridians watch “Storm Porn,” as the weather channel is called, Tennessee is buzzing about this Nashville Realtor’s marketing . (Warning: Rated a solid R.) The rest of the nation is more interested in the economy, and how one of...
Warehouse Product; Shifts in FHA, VA, HUD, and Ginnie Policies

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by Rob Chrisman on August 29 2019, 8:31 AM

Real estate agents, and lenders interested in joint ventures and “affinity programs,” are very interested in the Realogy news that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) is discontinuing the USAA Real Estate Rewards Network, an...
Ginnie Pooling, Credit and Broker Products; Wholesale News

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by Rob Chrisman on August 28 2019, 8:05 AM

For readers who deny climate change is real, natural or manmade, sinking cities around the world (including Houston and New Orleans ) can be attributed to groundwater issues (public and private wells pulling water out of aquafers), another long-term trend...
Social Media, DPA, Multicultural Products; Training, Webinars, and Events

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by Rob Chrisman on August 27 2019, 7:24 AM

If Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War can go to the theater a hundred times, and if FDR during World War II can have a cocktail hour every night where you can only talk about books you’ve read and gossip, and if Teddy Roosevelt can take two hours...
Processing, HELOC Products; Borrower/Customer and Technology Trends

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by Rob Chrisman on August 26 2019, 8:41 AM

“My credit score is low but its low because I want to protect myself from identity theft. No one can take out a mortgage in my name if I can’t even take out a mortgage in my own name.” Would you give the United States a mortgage? Or...
Sales, LO jobs; DPA, Pricing, Recruiting Products; Vendor Updates

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by Rob Chrisman on August 23 2019, 8:27 AM

Japan's government bonds could soon join Germany's in having negative yields on all maturities. Japanese debt has gone negative out to 15 years, and buyers are turning to 30- and 40-year bonds to get positive yields. Falling bond yields and minimal interest...
POS, Broker, Marketing Products; Trends in Customer Service

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by Rob Chrisman on August 22 2019, 8:15 AM

Thank you to everyone who wrote yesterday correcting me that Hawai’i’s 1959 statehood is 60 years old and not 50. I know it’s not the case, but sometimes it seems like admitting Hawai’i was the last thing Congress agreed on. In...
Customer Retention, Broker Products; Yield Curve and Mortgage Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on August 21 2019, 8:14 AM

Congratulations to Hawaii which became a state fifty years ago today. We’ve had plenty of economic cycles, small and large, in fifty years, although in general rates have been coming down since 1981. And we’ve had a flat or inverted U.S. yield...
DPA Products; Webinars This Week; Credit News; Better.com is Worth What?

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by Rob Chrisman on August 20 2019, 8:19 AM

Why is a 43% DTI, a line many view as “drawn in the sand,” so critical to the ability of a borrower to repay a loan? What about reserves or utility bill payment? If the borrower is already paying $2,000 a month in rent and their mortgage payment...
Trailing Doc and U/W Products; Vendor Trends and News, Capital Markets

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by Rob Chrisman on August 19 2019, 8:01 AM

Builders can’t complain too much about material prices anymore. Building materials prices rose only 0.7% in July, and are down overall year-over-year. Despite tariffs, softwood lumber prices are down 20% over the past year and other products like...
DPA, Non-QM Products; Deficits, Debt, The Yield Curve, and Mortgage Rates

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by Rob Chrisman on August 16 2019, 7:38 AM

Some international rates have gone through 0 percent and are now negative. The low rates and high volumes have caused lenders to focus less on long-term planning and more on closing loans. Who can blame them? How would U.S. mortgage rates near 0 percent...
Digital, Reno Products; Originator Survey; FHA Condo Update

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by Rob Chrisman on August 15 2019, 8:12 AM

Plenty of economists watch builder activity and mood swings as early indicators of future economic health. Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market continued in positive territory in the second quarter of 2018, according to the HMI ...
Broker, Non-QM Products; Policy and Procedure Trends

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

Data compiled by the American Bar Association shows that average lawyer pay has nearly doubled since 1997! Mortgage loan originators enjoy comparing themselves to attorneys, despite the formal educational differences, the time involved with case work...
Broker, DPA Products; August Events; Mortgage Rates Slow to Drop - Why?

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by Rob Chrisman on August 13 2019, 8:35 AM

As we digest the news that CIT is buying Mutual of Omaha Bank , others are looking at demographics. Families moving create jobs, right? From 2017 to 2018, roughly 32 million Americans moved. The reasons include family, work, and housing reasons, obviously...
Broker, Credit, Subservicer Products; CRM Survey and Vendor News

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by Rob Chrisman on August 12 2019, 8:17 AM

While the world is watching 0% or-.5% interest rates in Denmark , in this country Zillow is competing with lenders, real estate agents, and mom & pop fix & flippers. In its last quarter, $248.9 million of the data company’s $599.6 million...

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