MBS OPEN: Stuck in Same Range

go to your corners guys... no reason we can't all get along. There are valid feelings among all here, but perhaps not expressed the way I would do it. If I were a consumer, I'd likely act similarly, even though the same sentiments have always welled up inside me as a broker. But also, if I were a consumer, once the author and founder of the most widely read and trusted hourly commentary on the mortgage interest rate market told me that Mike King is one of the hardest working, most educated, most honest, and most utterly trustworthy guys I've dealt with, I'd probably be thrilled to be working with him. Brann, I know Mike understands what I do in that there is an inherent disconnect between the American Public and the mortgage industry right now. So of course most of us understand when "stuff like this" happens, but those of us with either faith in humanity or the confidence to create change hope that an opportunity comes at some point during the "stuff like this" to change perceptions, restore trust, and create relationships that exceed expectations. Sometimes that happens, sometimes it doesn't. I suggest that this be that turning point for you. It would be very hard to find a better rate or a better guy. And to King, and some other more vitriolic respondents, guys, I totally understand... I just tell clients up front, "here's who I am, here's what I do, and if you can't trust me up front and may end up shopping around and reworking endless iterations of GFE's etc..., do it before we get started because I don't have enough profit margin or time to get involved in a bidding war or an excessive "back and forth" over rates and fees." So again, I have voices inside me that sound like the Hammer sometimes (did I really just say that?), but we gotta remember where they're coming from too. Yes, the blog is intended for loan pro's, but we can't police who logs on and I don't think it's so out of bounds for consumers to try to get as educated as possible. That being the case, there is a peaceful coexistence that can exist if we take steps towards the middle. Consumers can understand that some of us (especially the ones that are still around!) are decent people, and LO's can understand that consumers are wary (to say the least) of anything with the word mortgage in it.