Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Nov. 30: Agencies shifting risk, reducing taxpayer exposure, increasing capital, indirectly helping borrowers

Rob Chrisman · 20 min read

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Nov 29

Fri

Nov. 29: Specified (“Spec”) pools & REIT primer; vendor mania; lender/vendor disaster news

12 min read

Nov 27

Wed

Nov. 27: LO jobs; borrower retention tool; 2020 loan limits spelled out; Fed addressing haves & have nots disparity

12 min read

Nov 26

Tue

Nov. 26: Bus. Dev., LO, Ops, compliance jobs; broker, portfolio marketing products; CFPB is taking on LO comp

12 min read

Nov 25

Mon

Nov. 25: Legal, Sales & Ops mgt., LO, AE jobs; non-QM products; customer experience trends

12 min read

Nov 23

Sat

Nov. 23: Letters on mobile app, information, and cyber security; risk transfer; a transitional licensing update

13 min read

Nov 22

Fri

Nov. 22: CFO, recruiting, LO jobs; processing, forecasting, application tools; deep dive into HECMs

14 min read

Nov 21

Thu

Nov. 21: Controller, MLO jobs; broker, U/W, sales, leads, workflow tools; upcoming events & training

13 min read

Nov 20

Wed

Nov. 20: MLO jobs; IO, construction, non-QM products; lots going on at F&F like adopting SOFR for ARM loans

13 min read

Nov 19

Tue

Nov. 19: LO, valuation jobs; training, marketing, broker products; M&A and JVs continue; stocks, bonds, & rates

12 min read

Nov 18

Mon

Nov. 18: Lenders wanted; licensing, loan data, non-QM products; customer service survey; no Fed move ’til April?

13 min read

Nov 16

Sat

Nov. 16: State-level lending changes & trivia; primer on the term “repo” & why it’s good to know the basics

12 min read

Nov 15

Fri

Nov. 15: LO jobs; POS, home equity, budgeting tools; extensive reports on rise of non-bank lending

13 min read

Nov 14

Thu

Nov. 14: LO jobs; broker, marketing, DPA tools; GSE changes; yield curve, employment, & mortgage rates

12 min read

Nov 13

Wed

Nov. 13: VP job; underwriting, broker, ECOA, free LPMI products; fire & flood updates

13 min read

Nov 12

Tue

Nov. 12: Marketing, LO jobs; compensation, sales, underwriting tools; tariffs, trade, & rate primer

13 min read

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