Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Sep. 30: Servicing, MLO, Ops jobs; compliance, jumbo products; webinars & training; a look at housing & jobs & stable rates

Rob Chrisman · 13 min read

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Sep 29

Tue

Sep. 29: AE, MLO, Ops jobs coast to coast; re-branding, finance, digital tools; STRATMOR industry observations

12 min read

Sep 28

Mon

Sep. 28: Sales, ops jobs; hiring process analysis; sales, marketing, fee collection, margin tools; flood insurance questions

15 min read

Sep 26

Sat

Sep. 26: Vendors partnering, merging, being acquired, offering new products; Saturday Spotlight: Assurance Financial

13 min read

Sep 25

Fri

Sep. 25: Sales & ops jobs; marketing & credit products; cybercrime update; why MLOs should watch stimulus quagmire

14 min read

Sep 24

Thu

Sep. 24: Ops, LO, AE jobs; CFO roll wanted; broker, construction, MSR management products; using digital for customer service

14 min read

Sep 23

Wed

Sep. 23: Ops, sales jobs; marketing, AMC, subservicer products; company webinars; GSE changes & thoughts on them

28 min read

Sep 22

Tue

Sep. 22: VP of CD, Ops, LO jobs; ROI, workflow, underwriting tools; training & events; improving forbearance stats

13 min read

Sep 21

Mon

Sep. 21: MLO, Ops jobs; retention, co-op products; events & training; USDA rural conditional commitments

13 min read

Sep 19

Sat

Sep. 19: Out-of-the-ordinary secondary market deals; primer on help for borrowers from HFAs; Saturday Spotlight: Truework

13 min read

Sep 18

Fri

Sep. 18: Ops & MLO jobs; eClosing, compliance, IRRRL products; plethora of disaster policy news; rates hardly budging

15 min read

Sep 17

Thu

Sep. 17: Ops jobs; credit score, lead source, QC products; free Western Secondary & other events; Agencies react to disasters

13 min read

Sep 16

Wed

Sep. 16: Ops, production, VP Consumer Direct jobs; jumbo, CRM, anti-fraud, CD products; Ginnie hits $2.1 trillion

13 min read

Sep 15

Tue

Sep. 15: TPO, MLO jobs; pricing, trigger products; comp survey & retaining employees; webinar/training via phone & computer

14 min read

Sep 14

Mon

Sep. 14: Ops jobs; recruiting, sales, valuation, rehab products; non-QM moves in the primary & secondary markets

14 min read

Sep 12

Sat

Sep. 12: CFPB’s VA lender settlements & other compliance notes; Saturday Spotlight: Academy Mortgage

14 min read

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Daily Commentary

Sep. 30: Servicing, MLO, Ops jobs; compliance, jumbo products; webinars & training; a look at housing & jobs & stable rates

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