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July 5: AE jobs, companies wanted; CU Patelco ransomware attack; Fed primer; jobs data nudges rates lower

Before the internet, everything worked fine without it, right? Just ask the members, whether they be depositors or borrowers, of credit...

Jul 3

July 3: LO jobs, 123 years of retirees; warehouse, fee collection, broker AVM tools; violation tracker; investor changes don’t stop

Did you know that there were 2.5 million estimated people living in the newly independent nation of the United States in July 1776? Per...

Jul 2

July 2: Job shifts; fair lending compliance, HELOC products; far-reaching training & events; FICO news runs the gamut

Cracker Jacks, Quaker Oats, Ferris Wheels, and 1893 Chicago have something in common. World’s Fairs, and World’s Expos, have pretty much...

Jul 1

July 1: Sales SVP, auditor jobs; AVM, audit, compliance, referral network tools; conventional conforming changes

Do you know anyone in a “Situationship?” You know, a romantic or sexual relationship that is not considered to be formal or established?...

Jun 29

June 29: AI primer; fire retardant system to help insurance woes? Saturday Spotlight: MoneyThumb fraud prevention

I know that this is a Commentary on mortgages, but plenty of lenders eat out, stay in hotels, and have office space. There was once a...

Jun 28

June 28: LO jobs; website compliance, warehouse, fee collection tools; investor & lender news incl. UWM’s 0 per down program

“They” say that as you age, life is like a toilet paper roll: the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes. Dang. But… 2024 almost...

Jun 27

June 27: AE, LO jobs; Mission score execution, pet-centric marketing, website compliance tools; STRATMOR on tough refi biz; upcoming webinars & events

“What did people from the Midwest call a small can of pop? A Minnesota.” (Say it out loud to your 3rd grader.) While we’re on a “pop,”...

Jun 26

June 26: AE, LO jobs; borrower outreach, subservicer oversight, AVM products; Agency news… Freddie’s limited foray into 2nds

“Don’t waste a good crisis.” Continuing data breaches constitute a crisis, the latest example being LendingTree Inc., cloud-based data...

Jun 25

June 25: LO jobs, exec available; HELOC, live pricing data, VOIE tools; LO survey, webinars; a sad personal note

Everyone’s above average, right? If you are a lender and making money, you’re in the majority. It’s not that you’re not special, it’s...

Jun 24

June 24: LO jobs; loan trading, bank lending, bank statement, HELOC, ROV products; disaster & catastrophe news

“I saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by… switching to reverse and leaving the scene.” The word on the street is that Guaranteed...

Jun 22

June 22: Vendor news; secondary deals; data breaches, third-party risk management & other compliance issues; inflation hits parenting

I hope that one day I am rich enough not to give a second look at abandoned furniture on the side of the road. I am certainly nowhere...

Jun 21

June 21: National MI addition, exec available; AI product; Wholesale & correspondent news; appraisals are junk fees?

Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer” was a hit 40 years ago. (Yes, 40 years.) There are plenty of beaches in Hawai’i, but here in Honolulu at...

Jun 20

June 20th, 2024: AE, Regional Mgr. jobs; hedging, wholesale, correspondent, compliance products; Best to pay attention to the CFPB

Taylor Swift sang of a “Cruel Summer” and vendors and lenders hope that it isn’t. “If you ever get cold, stand in the corner of a room...

Brian S. Levy

Jun 19

Thought Leadership

The Consumer Financial Politics Bureau?

June 19, 2024 Brian S. Levy For a fleeting moment at the beginning of Rohit Chopra’s tenure as CFPB Director, I believed that the new...

Jun 18

June 18th, 2024: Marketing, LO jobs; referral, retention, pre-approval, DPA, cybersecurity products; webinars & training this week

It’s been 55 years since Bryan Adams’ Summer of ’69. (That’s 55 years prior to the latest CFPB action against a lender.) Here in Hawai’i,...

Jun 17

June 17th, 2024: AI, verification, LOS, renovation, valuation, HELOC products; VA, HUD, Ginnie changes & modernization efforts

This week includes Juneteenth, a reminder of how slow news traveled in the past, as well as the Summer Solstice. Here in Hawai’i, in...

Jun 13