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by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Dec. 30: SF Bay island for sale; HECM (reverse mortgage) primer

Rob Chrisman · 13 min read

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Dec 29

Fri

Dec. 29: LO jobs; HELOC, retention, verification tools; M&A marches on; volatile year but 10-year yield ends 2023 roughly where it began

12 min read

Dec 28

Thu

Dec. 28: LO jobs; broker, fulfillment, servicing software products; housing for the aging population & other demographics

9 min read

Dec 27

Wed

Dec. 27: AE jobs; CAAS, TPO, tech, LOS products; Fitch on First American’s hack; Freddie & Fannie forecasts

13 min read

Dec 26

Tue

Dec. 26: Bank LO jobs; customer retention, down payment products; home maintenance study; First American news (remember 2021?)

12 min read

Dec 23

Sat

Dec. 23: Vendor news; Secondary market deals; Freddie’s forecast mirrors other 2024 thoughts; Christmas poem from a reader

12 min read

Dec 22

Fri

Dec. 22: HELOC, broker, and correspondent programs; First American’s cyber issue; 10-year yield back to end of 2022’s levels

9 min read

Dec 21

Thu

Dec. 21: LO, AE jobs; bus. opportunity; TPO, anti-valuation bias tools; retail & broker news bits; interview on home equity levels

12 min read

Dec 20

Wed

Dec. 20: Ops, AE, LO jobs; credit & verification, broker, borrower portal, accounting products; mortgage credit news

10 min read

Dec 19

Tue

Dec. 19: Cap. mkts., PPE, audit & tax, LO sales, subservicing tools; Fannie & attorney opinion letters in title biz; what is smishing?

14 min read

Dec 18

Mon

Dec. 18: LO jobs; correspondent, referral, client retention, construction, DPA products; training & webinars through year end

14 min read

Dec 16

Sat

Dec. 16: U.S. Gov’t & robocalls; Study on debt and generations; FHA is alive and well; vendor news, soup to nuts

14 min read

Dec 15

Fri

Dec. 15: LO jobs; TPO, accounting automation, verification approaching training & webinars; FHA, HECM, Ginnie news

14 min read

Dec 14

Thu

Dec. 14: LO jobs; CRM, MSR valuation, QC trends products; STRATMOR strategy report; Lower/Thrive M&A deal; renegotiations… ugh

13 min read

Dec 13

Wed

Dec. 13: Branch opportunities; jumbo, non-QM, accounting, servicing, processing tools; conv. conforming news; STRATMOR on the customer experience

13 min read

Dec 12

Tue

Dec. 12: LO jobs; wholesaler wanted; super jumbo, HELOC, DSCR, CRM texting, MSR, QC products; changes from Freddie & Fannie; CPI!

12 min read

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