Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Monday, February 29, 2016

Feb. 29: Wholesale jobs & correspondent outlet; upcoming events of note; a primer on mortgage insurance and what MI folks are doing

Rob Chrisman · 12 min read

Lenders everywhere are looking forward to a great March given their swollen locked pipelines. As thousands of operations folks descend on Ellie’s conference in Las […]

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Feb 27

Sat

Feb. 27: Information on originator licensing, applications/LEs/CDs, and brokers and early payoff penalties

11 min read

Feb 26

Fri

Feb. 26: Warehouse & correspondent jobs; HR 2121 – a big bill for lenders, and licensing news from around the nation

11 min read

Feb 25

Thu

Feb. 25: Retail & wholesale jobs, capital available; commercial lending restricting? multi-family news and rent trends that aid lenders

12 min read

Feb 24

Wed

Feb. 24: Sales & retail positions; ex-CFPB counsel heads to Goldman for lending job; Google changes mortgage tack

12 min read

Feb 23

Tue

Feb. 23: Wholesale & retail jobs; training inc. one on small business lending; conventional conforming news & u/w changes

12 min read

Feb 22

Mon

Feb. 22: Retail opportunities coast to coast; legal news impacting lenders & capital markets – and not in a good way

12 min read

Feb 20

Sat

Feb. 20: TRID pains and Calyx’s take on the situation; difference in how banks and independent MBs are expanding

12 min read

Feb 19

Fri

Feb. 19: LO, sales, and secondary jobs; TRID survey; CFPB addresses financial innovation; is being a primary dealer still “hot stuff”?

12 min read

Feb 17

Wed

Feb. 17: Interim CFO, underwriting, & AE jobs; recruiting webinar; trends in FHA, VA, and Ginnie issuance

11 min read

Feb 16

Tue

Feb. 16: Servicing job, non-QM & warehouse products; training & events of all types ; trading on the phone, and who has the safest MBS?

12 min read

Feb 13

Sat

Feb. 13: MISMO primer, pre-approval letters in a TRID world, handling diff. comp. plans with different lenders; book for LOs

11 min read

Feb 12

Fri

Feb. 12: Sales jobs; warehouse bank expanding; Morgan Stanley settles; the importance of water in lending & home ownership

12 min read

Feb 11

Thu

Feb. 11: Retail & wholesale jobs; Blackstone expands; Basel’s impact on our banks; vendor management; good & bad news about rates

12 min read

Feb 10

Wed

Feb. 10: Retail & wholesale jobs; Wells’ layoffs & settlement; more on TRID & the CFPB’s widespread impact; Redwood cuts commercial program

12 min read

Feb 9

Tue

Feb. 9: Encompass, CD, and Ops jobs; personnel changes proliferate; training & seminars; Ops VP weighs in on TRID

12 min read

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Feb. 29: Wholesale jobs & correspondent outlet; upcoming events of note; a primer on mortgage insurance and what MI folks are doing

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