Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Jan. 31: Cap. mkts., LO jobs; Ginnie, Freedom, loanDepot; digital trends report; Rule 4210 delayed again

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Jan 30

Wed

Jan. 30: LO, AE, recruiting jobs coast to coast; profitability products; events, free webinars, training coming up soon

15 min read

Jan 29

Tue

Jan. 29: Sales jobs; cap mkts, sales products; bank competitive pressures from all over; good flood insurance news?

13 min read

Jan 28

Mon

Jan. 28: LO jobs; TPO, sales, underwriting products; conventional conforming lender & investor changes

12 min read

Jan 26

Sat

Jan. 26: Psychology, lotteries, and rate locks; letters on banks, credit unions, and non-banks in lending

12 min read

Jan 25

Fri

Jan. 25: AE mgt., sales, LO jobs; cap. markets, condo products; LO turnover study; conv. conforming changes continue

13 min read

Jan 24

Thu

Jan. 24: LO, non-QM, automation products; misc. vendor news; political, not economic, news impacting rates

13 min read

Jan 23

Wed

Jan. 23: LO jobs, company wanted; sales products & webinars; Freedom joins FHA & VA pricing competition

13 min read

Jan 22

Tue

Jan. 22: LO, sales jobs; asset verification product; Fannie & Freddie changes run the gamut, incl. shutdown underwriting shift

12 min read

Jan 21

Mon

Jan. 21: Relationship mgt., LO, AE jobs; sales training; capital markets dive into Agency CRTs – transferring risk

13 min read

Jan 19

Sat

Jan. 19: News on LIBOR transition, notes on the shutdown, nonbank residential lending, MBS duration & prepayments

12 min read

Jan 18

Fri

Jan. 18: LO jobs; condo, sales, business intelligence products; Freddie & Fannie program & process changes

12 min read

Jan 17

Thu

Jan. 17: LO jobs; Subservicer, non-Agency products; world debt increasing; primer on “duration” and mortgage pricing; Chase deal

13 min read

Jan 16

Wed

Jan. 16: LO jobs; broker, manufactured home, capital markets products; Radian expands; big banks’ mortgage volumes

13 min read

Jan 15

Tue

Jan. 15: AE, LO jobs, personnel moves; CRM, PR, sales products; January training & events

13 min read

Jan 14

Mon

Jan. 14: Secondary marketing, LO jobs; digital, property inspection products; Radian’s RADAR Rate product

13 min read

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Jan. 31: Cap. mkts., LO jobs; Ginnie, Freedom, loanDepot; digital trends report; Rule 4210 delayed again

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