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by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Feb. 29: Notes on debt/savings, FHLB membership, and U.S. demographics: who has the highest property tax?

Rob Chrisman · 12 min read

For me the last few weeks have included travel in Louisiana, California, Arizona, North Carolina, Florida, and Nevada. (With all that time in a flying […]

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Feb. 28: Encompass, Ops, LO jobs; broker, credit, compliance products; M&A; coronavirus continues to drive markets

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Feb. 27: Comptroller, Ops, LO jobs; pooling, non-QM, appraisal products; CFPB, audit, exams, & compliance news

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Feb. 26: LO, AE jobs; ops, sales, language, broker tools; the GSE reform march continues; two 2020 Fed cuts?

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Feb 25

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Feb. 25: CFO, AE jobs; relationship, broker, correspondent products; credit shifts; Moody’s weighs in on non-QM

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Feb 24

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Feb. 24: Attorney, controller, LO jobs; TPO team available; compliance & servicing events; coronavirus dominating markets

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Feb 22

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Feb. 22: Letters on pair offs, automatic valuation; LIBOR/SOFR and Freddie news; something for animal lovers

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Feb. 21: LO, servicing jobs; underwriting, appraisal products; lenders & vendors’ focus on borrowers

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Feb 20

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Feb. 20: HELOC, construction, compensation, & title products; lender’s digital borrower products

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Feb. 19: Compliance, servicing, renovation, broker products; shifts in Freddie & Fannie; coronavirus/economy

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Feb. 18: LO jobs; broker, sales, processing products; coast-to-coast training & events for Feb. & March

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Feb 17

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President’s Day: Vendor mania

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Feb 15

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Feb. 15: Letters on warehouse lending, non-bank lenders; Fannie’s results & capital markets activities

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Feb. 14: AE & LO jobs; servicing, 203(k) products; conventional conforming underwriting shifts

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Feb. 13: Sales, LO jobs; subservicing, broker, originator products; vendor alliances increasing

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Feb. 12: AE, vendor mgt., LO jobs; sales, marketing, broker products; team sponsor wanted; American borrowing stat

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