Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Jan. 31: LO jobs; originator & customer satisfaction surveys; upcoming events & training; Walter & reverse mortgages

Rob Chrisman · 11 min read

As the old adage goes, “Women spend more time wondering what men are thinking than men spend thinking.” But certainly women spend a good deal […]

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Jan 30

Mon

Jan. 30: LO, legal, & business opportunities; Home Point buys Stonegate; Citi bails on servicing biz; minority demographics helping lenders

12 min read

Jan 28

Sat

Jan. 28: Notes on weed & lending, FHA MIP about-face, showing up for conference meetings, and what LOs should tell borrowers

12 min read

Jan 27

Fri

Jan. 27: CFO & AE jobs, and business opportunities; new lender Redfin; lender’s appraisal, pricing, and disaster updates

11 min read

Jan 26

Thu

Jan. 26: AE & LO jobs; PE firm invests in CA lender; Glass Steagall primer; Ginnie & capital markets news

12 min read

Jan 25

Wed

Jan. 25: Jobs in every lending channel; bank M&A continues; primer on LIBOR; what if the Fed stops buying MBS?

12 min read

Jan 24

Tue

Jan. 24: AE & LO jobs, construction warehouse product; bad news from Wells, HomeStreet, Banc of California, Citi, and others; CFPB advisory spots open

12 min read

Jan 23

Mon

Jan. 23: AE jobs, Non-QM on the rise? Guild & Quicken in the media; two sides to the FHA about-face; mortgage & bank conferences

12 min read

Jan 21

Sat

Jan. 21: Notes on pipeline hedging, condo reserve funds, fines for lack of cybersecurity, HECMs, and appraiser training & education

11 min read

Jan 20

Fri

Jan. 20: Customer satisfaction survey, MI job; vendor news & their new products; Agency news & updates – they don’t stop

12 min read

Jan 19

Thu

Jan. 19: COO, LO, and AE jobs; personnel news; Chase settles discrimination issue; FHA program roiled via MIP rumors

11 min read

Jan 18

Wed

Jan. 18: LO, MI jobs, wholesale group available, new correspondent investor; Deutsche settles; investor requirement & underwriting changes

12 min read

Jan 17

Tue

Jan. 17: AE, LO, & national sales jobs; lending legal & regulatory update; credit risk transfers & 2016 non-agency issuance stats

12 min read

Jan 16

Mon

Jan. 16: Management, LO, AE jobs; upcoming events & training; 4th quarter big bank mortgage performance as bellwether

12 min read

Jan 14

Sat

Jan. 14: Notes on the lender’s job market & training, interest rates, & Realtor survey results; is buying a hot dog a RESPA violation?

11 min read

Jan 13

Fri

Jan. 13: Subservicer reviews, business opportunity, AE jobs; a primer on HUD and the Secretary’s testimony – inside Dr. Carson’s home

12 min read

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Jan. 31: LO jobs; originator & customer satisfaction surveys; upcoming events & training; Walter & reverse mortgages

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