Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Monday, July 31, 2017

July 31: AE jobs & new products; training from investors & agencies; Vanguard stops taking apps; Fed owns how much agency MBS?

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Jul 29

Sat

July 29: Notes on the MID, servicing values, InterFirst’s closing, HUD Handbook verbiage, lack of comments on Ability to Pay Rule

11 min read

Jul 28

Fri

July 28: Compliance and AE jobs; $14 billion InterFirst shuts down; servicing deals & law changes; adios LIBOR

12 min read

Jul 27

Thu

July 27: AE, LO/branch, Ops/underwriter jobs; state law changes impacting MLOs, notaries, POAs; fed funds on hold Inbox x

12 min read

Jul 26

Wed

July 26: Product manager, AE, LO, Ops jobs; lender M&A and bank mortgage news; training & events inc. FHA & cybersecurity

12 min read

Jul 25

Tue

July 25: LO & AE jobs & products; credit underwriting changes; cap. mkts. exec on margins & volume; Ally is offering to do what?

12 min read

Jul 24

Mon

July 24: Mgt. & LO jobs; lender fee & pricing tweaks; CFPB suit dismissed, announces HMDA webinar; PCE primer

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Jul 22

Sat

July 22: Letters on Basel problems, eSignatures & eNotes, GSE reform, the credit crisis

12 min read

Jul 21

Fri

July 21: Legal & LO jobs, products to help originators; state-level changes from coast to coast; housing & rates

12 min read

Jul 20

Thu

July 20: LO & AE jobs, secondary team available; Academy buys First Mortgage & Cunningham; vendor updates

12 min read

Jul 19

Wed

July 19: LO, correspondent, & AE jobs; upcoming events; disaster updates; yield curve flattening, which suggests…

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Jul 18

Tue

July 18: AE, acct. manager jobs, comp. software; STRATMOR’s take on lender’s mood; FHA, VA news; HELOC resets doing well

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Jul 17

Mon

July 17: LO, bus. dev jobs, correspondent moves; bank M&A, news & OCC’s risk list; webinars to close out July

12 min read

Jul 15

Sat

July 15: Notes on affordable housing, compliance tips, e-mortgages defined and what companies are doing about them

13 min read

Jul 14

Fri

July 14: Compliance, Encompass, & LO jobs; credit changes in the primary & secondary market

12 min read

Jul 13

Thu

July 13: LO & appraisal jobs; lawsuit news; appraisal trends & compensation; builder’s virtual reality app for home viewing

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July 31: AE jobs & new products; training from investors & agencies; Vanguard stops taking apps; Fed owns how much agency MBS?

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