Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Jan. 30: Why the 10-yr T-Note is relevant, QRM, REITs’ setback, managing borrower complaints, and a correspondent’s view of TRID rollout

Rob Chrisman · 11 min read

Given my capital markets background I am often asked about the link, or lack thereof, between Treasury securities and mortgage prices. So this note from […]

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Jan 29

Fri

Jan. 29: Ops jobs & correspondent investor; change in views on credit; HSBC & lending to Chinese Nationals; WAC’s servicing deal

12 min read

Jan 28

Thu

Jan. 28: Retail & servicing jobs; recruiting tool; rent trends & multifamily news, MBS, and servicing primer; originator survey

12 min read

Jan 27

Wed

Jan. 27: Sales & MI jobs; more personnel changes; subservicer review; new mortgage products; more on risk sharing

12 min read

Jan 26

Tue

Jan. 26: Jobs in sales, sales mgt., & coaching; Chase settlements; senior personnel changes; lender & bank M&A – stats, and what is working?

12 min read

Jan 25

Mon

Jan. 25: Sales & MI jobs; lots of upcoming events; CFPB & PHH court date set; MGIC earnings, UG to be sold? Risk swapping primer

12 min read

Jan 23

Sat

Jan. 23: Notes on cyber-attacks, getting through TRID, compliance reviews, construction-to-perm, and the future of mREITs

11 min read

Jan 22

Fri

Jan. 22: Capital markets & sales mgt. positions; reverse mortgage news trends – gosh, how many people turn 62 every day?

12 min read

Jan 21

Thu

Jan. 21: MI & retail jobs; PHH & Radian stock buybacks; Ocwen settlement; Redwood shutters portion of conventional conforming biz

11 min read

Jan 20

Wed

Jan. 20: Corres. & retail jobs; subservicer reviews; QC contest; big bank mortgage stats; guide for online business activities

12 min read

Jan 19

Tue

Jan. 19: Servicing & retail jobs; recruiting tool; trends in servicing transfers & bank mortgage pricing; Goldman layoffs

12 min read

Jan 18

Mon

Jan. 18: MI, Ops, wholesale jobs; more TRID loan rejection reasons; BankUnited withdraws from retail lending because…

12 min read

Jan 16

Sat

Jan. 16: Letters about TRID pros and cons & impact on consumers, credit scoring; are builder incentives a RESPA violation?

12 min read

Jan 15

Fri

Jan. 15: AE jobs & personnel moves; using HMDA as a business tool; more events; Goldman settlement, Lehman, and state legal updates

12 min read

Jan 14

Thu

Jan. 14: Various sales & Ops jobs across the nation; lender drops FICO from lending decisions; Stearns’ TRID defects

11 min read

Jan 13

Wed

Jan. 13: Retail & wholesale jobs, new products; CFPB on construction loans; training events & conferences; FHLB mREIT news

12 min read

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Jan. 30: Why the 10-yr T-Note is relevant, QRM, REITs’ setback, managing borrower complaints, and a correspondent’s view of TRID rollout

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