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by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Apr. 30: Letters on non-QM trends, LO accountability, Foreign National programs, and the government’s role in personal financial decisions

Rob Chrisman · 11 min read

The lending biz certainly has its share of librarians, uh, I mean libertarians. From San Francisco comes, “The popular economics book Freakonomics is now an […]

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Apr 29

Fri

Apr. 29: Ops, MI, & wholesale jobs; CFPB offers plans for TRID plans; interesting upcoming events – learn about jobs & “Hispennials”; who’s afraid of HMDA?

12 min read

Apr 28

Thu

Apr. 28: Sales mgt., construction warehouse opportunity; new vendor management product; primer on Case-Shiller calculation & trends

12 min read

Apr 27

Wed

Apr. 27: Product Specialist & retail jobs; new home sales trends; primary & secondary markets impacted by changes in HUD & lender FHA programs

12 min read

Apr 26

Tue

Apr. 26: Retail, DTC, & wholesale jobs; upcoming training & events around the nation; changes in 4506-T requirements and in credit trends

11 min read

Apr 25

Mon

Apr. 25: Sales opportunities; HUD & Fidelity ink $1 million agreement; trends in equity, rent, and where people in their 20s and 30s are buying homes

12 min read

Apr 23

Sat

Apr. 23: Letters on helping borrowers under TRID, capital markets execution, early payoffs vs. MLO compensation rules

11 min read

Apr 22

Fri

Apr. 22: Retail, wholesale, and correspondent jobs; private MI biz attracting attention; press & regulators hit start-ups & FinTech lenders

11 min read

Apr 21

Thu

Apr. 21: Wholesale & sales jobs; retail LO survey; subservicer reviews; Florida LOs know the Homestead rules; jumbo delegated programs? Sure

12 min read

Apr 20

Wed

420: Ops & MI jobs, broker & internal audit programs; Millennial webinar; Housing Starts & Building Permits – ugh

11 min read

Apr 19

Tue

Apr. 19: Wholesale & retail jobs; free webinars; lender & investor changes in lock & pricing policies, condo guidelines, and USDA/rural programs

12 min read

Apr 18

Mon

Apr. 18: Wholesale opportunities; Freedom’s statement on settlement; what big bank earnings tell us about residential lending environment

12 min read

Apr 16

Sat

Apr. 16: Note on trends in capital markets, successful CRA lending, and the DOJ/Freedom Mortgage settlement

12 min read

Apr 15

Fri

Apr. 15: Secondary job & warehouse expansion; interesting webinars next week; conforming/conventional & related MI changes keep coming

12 min read

Apr 14

Thu

Apr. 14: Ops & AE jobs; PrimeLending & Mutual of Omaha’s JV; bank mergers; vendor & tech updates; PHH/CFPB battle will be a long process

12 min read

Apr 13

Wed

Apr. 13: Ops & wholesale jobs; the CFPB & nonbank servicers; ex-CFPB enforcement attorney’s take on PHH/CFPB Day 1 of hearing – an eye opener

12 min read

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Apr. 30: Letters on non-QM trends, LO accountability, Foreign National programs, and the government’s role in personal financial decisions

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