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by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Oct. 31: Notes on prequals & pre-approvals in a TRID LE world, credit score based on Facebook friends

Rob Chrisman · 11 min read

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Oct 30

Fri

Oct. 30: Wholesale, retail, call center jobs; innovation in lenders; pending home sales trends; flood insurance update; UG on the block?

12 min read

Oct 29

Thu

Oct. 29: Wholesale & UW jobs vs. BofA & Deutsche layoffs; big week for bank M&A; fee changes & price adjustment trends

11 min read

Oct 28

Wed

Oct. 28: Compliance & retail jobs; disaster policy updates; upcoming events; changes in the MI company sector

12 min read

Oct 27

Tue

Oct. 27: Retail jobs in the West; 30-year old buys home – Millennial spokesperson asks, “Can you stop talking about us now?”

12 min read

Oct 26

Mon

Oct. 26: MI job & free Realtor/borrower service; upcoming events; continuing Agency changes that move the markets

12 min read

Oct 24

Sat

Oct. 24: Notes on the broker model, empowering LOs; does the CFPB scope include banks with less than $10 billion in assets? You bet!

12 min read

Oct 23

Fri

Oct. 23: Ops job; FHA program status, evolution, updates, and lender changes; a decent joke on a Friday

12 min read

Oct 22

Thu

Oct. 22: Appraisal & warehouse options; events of note; flood of Fannie & Freddie changes in the primary & secondary markets

12 min read

Oct 21

Wed

Oct. 21: Retail, wholesale, IT, compliance jobs; the continued cost of compliance & its impact on borrowers

11 min read

Oct 20

Tue

Oct. 20: Operations mgt. jobs, new correspondent; Barclays/Wachovia’s settlement; bank earnings and M&A – what is “conduct risk”?

12 min read

Oct 19

Mon

Oct. 19: Retail, wholesale, capital markets jobs; TRID loans closing; Planet Home finalizes deal; vendor frenzy: new products and M&A

12 min read

Oct 17

Sat

Oct. 17: Attorney weighs in on MSA situation; LE & pre-approvals under TRID and how the LO role has become more important

12 min read

Oct 16

Fri

Oct. 16: Sales jobs & more personnel changes; CMPS white paper on industry; avalanche of state-level lending law changes

12 min read

Oct 15

Thu

Oct. 15: Correspondent, retail, management jobs; personnel moves of note; jumbo loan trends; BofA bails on MSAs

12 min read

Oct 14

Wed

Oct. 14: Retail, corresp., Ops, & MI jobs; California lender closes; risk sharing update; condo lending; MSA news interpretation

12 min read

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Oct. 31: Notes on prequals & pre-approvals in a TRID LE world, credit score based on Facebook friends

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