Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Feb. 27: Readers’ letters on the CFPB, rates, and how lenders will keep lending; Saturday Spotlight: Symmetry Lending

Rob Chrisman · 14 min read

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Feb 26

Fri

Feb. 26: Lenders hiring MLOs; correspondent, tech, servicing, tech products; what you should know about yesterday’s rate move

14 min read

Feb 25

Thu

Feb. 25: Ops, MLO jobs; cap. mkts., valuation, default, fulfillment tools; technology & processing notes

14 min read

Feb 24

Wed

Feb. 24: MLO jobs; servicing, customer service, decisioning, retention tools; events & training this week

15 min read

Feb 23

Tue

Feb. 23: MLO, Ops jobs; underwriting, loss mit, broker, corresp., jumbo products; VA, FHA, Ginnie changes

14 min read

Feb 22

Mon

02-22-21: MLO, Ops management jobs; performance, pricing, analytics, home equity products; Freddie/Fannie changes

13 min read

Feb 20

Sat

02-20-21: Reader letters on recruiting, 2021 expectations, and credit; Saturday Spotlight: Maxwell; a clever joke

15 min read

Feb 19

Fri

Feb. 19: MLO & Ops jobs; fee collection, HELOC, renovation products; comp survey; bank M&A trends; lead sources

15 min read

Feb 18

Thu

Feb. 18: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; rule logic, subservicer, non-QM, POS products; rate moves partially impacting rate sheets

14 min read

Feb 17

Wed

Feb. 17: Ops, MLO, management jobs; broker, non-QM, communication tools; AmeriHome/Western Alliance deal numbers

14 min read

Feb 16

Tue

Feb. 16: IT, MLO, training jobs; VA IRRRL, sales, final doc tools; non-Agency product trends; Mortgage rates? Ouch!

14 min read

Feb 15

Mon

Feb. 15: Retail sales jobs; ECOA, sales tools; virtual events and training from soup to nuts, all from your living room

14 min read

Feb 13

Sat

Feb. 13: Vendor news from around the biz; letters on credit concerns; Saturday Spotlight: LHM Financial

14 min read

Feb 12

Fri

Feb. 12: Private bank, correspondent, MLO jobs; CRM, jumbo, sales tools; LDI now public; Wells’ PPP fraud example

14 min read

Feb 11

Thu

Feb. 11: AE, MLO jobs; warehouse, anti-fraud, pricing products; Federal Reserve: steady as she goes

14 min read

Feb 10

Wed

Feb. 10: M&A, IT jobs; VOE, CRM, non-QM products; conventional conforming news; CPI: no inflation worries

15 min read

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Feb. 27: Readers’ letters on the CFPB, rates, and how lenders will keep lending; Saturday Spotlight: Symmetry Lending

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