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NEW Thoughts on Successful Retail Lender Traits; Nationstar & Stonegate Sittin' in a Tree
NEW Ally Says Adios; Should We Care About Mel Watt? Fannie's Current QM Guidance - Worth Knowing
NEW Attorneys Weigh in on QM and its Impact on Buybacks & Liabilities; Upcoming Events
NEW Citi Non-Agency Deal; CFPB Goes After Affiliate Business Relationships; RESPA & Gifts
NEW Mel Watt Nomination Blocked - For Now; New Fannie Lawsuit
NEW Suntrust Exits Wholesale; Letters from Waters & NAR; Thoughts on the MBA Conference Atmosphere
NEW Mel Watt & Elizabeth Warren Making Some News; Lender & Investor News
NEW Mortgage jobs; more on QM & underwriting risks in the new world; what about loan limits & gfees?
NEW Vendors Offering QM Products; QM's Impact on MI, Investor Updates
NEW BofA Cuts 4,200; More QM vs Non-QM Risks; Citi Selling $63B of servicing; Propect Mortgage's NY Fine
NEW Update from the Agencies and Informal Notes QM; Lender Updates
NEW HARP Date Change; New Coop & Wholesaler; Setback for Jumbo Securities; MBA Conference Coming Up!
NEW ESNT Starts Trading; Agency Updates; Primer on Primary-Secondary Spread
NEW Webinar on Compliance Issues; State-Level Updates; What is a Fannie "Defect Rate"?
NEW Non-QM is Not the Same as Subprime; More Wells Layoffs; Rates are Cooperating (This Week)
NEW SunTrust & RFC Scaling Back; Compatability Survey for M&A Deals; "Can I Close My Loan Now?"
NEW Lawsuits from NAIHP, NCUA, New York; Agency & Investor Updates
NEW MIC Cuts Back Lending due to Dodd-Frank; LO Retirement Contribution; FHA in the Shutdown
NEW Opposing Views of FHA's Health; MERS Keeps on Truckin'; JPM and Wells Earnings
NEW Stonegate, Freedom, and NMI in the Stock Market; CFPB Penalizes Two Lenders on HMDA Violations
NEW Lots Going on in the Mortgage Insurance Biz; Investor & Vendor Updates Continue
NEW CFPB Tools for Research; 4506-T Indemnification Thoughts; Parts of PHH up for Sale?
NEW Bank Earnings Coming Friday - Bank Updates; State-Level Changes; Thoughts on the Current M&A Environment for Lenders
NEW Lawsuit Settlement Report; More Shutdown Chatter; 4506-T Confusion
NEW Confusion over 4506-T and The Shutdown - Lenders & Aggregator's Various Policies
NEW Shutdown Chatter; Maxine Waters Outraged by Her Own Flood Insurance Bill; M&A Activity
NEW Check out the FHA's QM Program Rules; New Penn Roles out Mini-Correspondent; DO Price Increase
NEW Who Owns an LO's Client List? The FHA Needs How Much? The MBA Addresses the Shutdown
NEW Don't Ignore The BSA; Potential Government Shutdown Entering Investor Updates; Nationstar Takes Down $41 Billion in Servicing?
NEW How a Government Shut Down Would Impact Lending
NEW More on Temporary Leave, Branch Manager Comp; are Companies Liable for Employee Fraud?
NEW Maternity Leave Loans; Branch & LO Comp Under QM; Implications of a Conventional Loan Amount Cut
NEW Internet Lenders Advertising; QM & Rural Development; Farmers & FinCEN; Investor Updates
NEW State & Investor Updates; Nationstar 'Growing Pains'; Are Gift Cards a RESPA Violation?
NEW Wells Production Layoffs; PennyMac Non-Agency Deal; Non-QM Developments; MBa is Tough to Type
NEW More on QM & Non-QM Production Possibilities; Cortland Leaving Wholesale and Other Bank M&A News
NEW Things are Good in Servicing, Credit Unions and MI; Will the Industry Embrace Non-QMLoans?
NEW Reverse Mortgage Changes; VA Benefits Changing; Producing Branch Managers Endangered?
NEW CFPB Unleashes Amendments to ECOA, RESPA, and TILA; is The FHA Doing Better or Isn't it?
NEW CFPB Cordray's Testimony - Who Will Regulate the Regulator? Talk About Preparing for a CFPB Exam
NEW Even the Big Boys are Supposedly Easing Lending Standards; Sterling / Umpqua Merger; Citi Layoffs
NEW Richmond Approves Eminent Domain; Lender Updates: Goodbye Overlays, Hello TICs, 125s, and Non-QM Loans
NEW Thoughts on Purchase Biz; Gritty Predictions from Wells & Chase; SEC QRM Comment Site
NEW Stonegate Prepares for IPO; Changes in Texas Laws & LO Requirements; Compliance for Broker to Banker
NEW Are LOs Liable for Illegal Comp Plans? You Bet they Are!; Genworth's take on QM/QRM; Builders Tweak Financing
NEW Eminent Domain Setback; Upcoming Repurchase Thoughts; Employment Data Primer; 5yr GSE Anniversary--Would You There?
NEW Provident Cuts IOs; Ellie Mae up for Sale? Do Brokers Have to Keep 5% of Their Production?
NEW Mini-Corr Risks for Brokers; Will Joint Ventures and Affilated Relationships be Banned? Do QM Loans Mean no Lawsuits?
NEW Deals from Radian & Freddie, Prosperity and F&M Bank & Trust; MBA's Per Loan Profit Numbers; Comp Survey Expanded
NEW What has 500 Pages, 3 letters, and What Does it All Mean?