May 13: LO jobs; attorneys wanted; compliance, dashboard, origination tools; eNote news; new econ book; Conv. conforming changes

No one in places like Florida or Myrtle Beach or Colorado’s Glenwood Springs wants to wake up to a headline, sensationalist or not, saying, “Vacation homes (about 7 million in the U.S.) are being dumped at a rapid rate as fresh fears of a housing market crash, and a shrinking pool of renters, rattle sellers. “The number of people buying second homes has plunged to its lowest level since records began, and is under a third of what it was during the pandemic boom. A toxic mix of sky-high mortgage rates, soaring maintenance costs, and a widespread return-to-office push is fueling the trend.”