Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Jan. 30: LIBOR phase out updates; note on the economy & lenders; Saturday Spotlight: ClosingCorp

Rob Chrisman · 14 min read

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Jan 29

Fri

Jan. 29: Sales Director, MLO, branch jobs; servicing, sales, jumbo products; URLA and 4506-C news bites

13 min read

Jan 28

Thu

January 28: Ops, MLO, IT jobs; MSR, originator ranking, digital tools; FHA’s bevy of news; Ginnie’s eNote pool

13 min read

Jan 27

Wed

Jan. 27: Encompass, training, credit risk jobs; pricing, sales, reno products; training on securitization & other upcoming events

13 min read

Jan 26

Tue

Jan. 26: MLO jobs; Sales, pricing, processing, correspondent, products; LO productivity study; FHFA disaster news

15 min read

Jan 25

Mon

Jan. 25: MLO, Ops jobs; broker, VOE, servicing, MI tools; imminent training & virtual events from your living room

13 min read

Jan 23

Sat

Jan. 23: Reader’s thoughts on Freddie & Fannie’s pricing, capital, and future; Saturday Spotlight: Truework

14 min read

Jan 22

Fri

Jan. 22: MLO jobs; broker, recruiting, HELOC products; Freddie & Fannie compliance reminders; a clever joke

13 min read

Jan 21

Thu

Jan. 21: Retail, Correspondent jobs; performance, non-QM, sales tools; STRATMOR strategy paper; DACA & FHA

14 min read

Jan 20

Wed

12021: Ops, AE jobs; Sales, leadership, tech, pricing tools; VA, Ginnie, FHA changes incl. URLA update

13 min read

Jan 19

Tue

Jan. 19: IT, AE jobs; jumbo, origination, productivity tools; thoughts on the CFPB nominee; training & events this week

14 min read

Jan 18

Mon

Jan. 18: Subservicing, MLO, Ops, private client jobs; recruiting, fee collection, sales, borrower communication products

12 min read

Jan 16

Sat

Jan. 16: Letters on FHFA’s execution restrictions; Big bank’s mortgage earnings; vendors fundraising; Saturday Spotlight: ActiveProspect

14 min read

Jan 15

Fri

Jan. 15: Retail, Ops jobs; appraisal, non-QM, jumbo, DPA products; industry weighs in on good Freddie/Fannie news

16 min read

Jan 14

Thu

Jan. 14: Warehouse, sales jobs; digital, AMC, pricing tools; comp survey; new cap. markets, broker, corresp. products

14 min read

Jan 13

Wed

Jan. 13: Retail, recruiting jobs; servicing, appraisal, income calculation tools; upcoming virtual training; MSA FAQs

14 min read

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Jan. 30: LIBOR phase out updates; note on the economy & lenders; Saturday Spotlight: ClosingCorp

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