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by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Friday, December 29, 2017

Dec. 29: Lender wildfire disaster updates; population demographics influencing residential lending

Rob Chrisman · 11 min read

Age, population trends, and gender do matter in the home buying process. There, I said it. Someone in their early 20s probably can’t afford a […]

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Dec 28

Thu

Dec. 28: Correspondent bus. opportunity; new MBS buyer; FHA, VA, PACE, Ginnie updates; RBS California settlement

11 min read

Dec 27

Wed

Dec. 27: Advice for new folks in the biz; a sampling of vendor news, including a site that lists vendors

12 min read

Dec 26

Tue

Dec. 26: Lender expansion & contraction; FHA, lenders, & investors continue HMDA changes; HMDA humor

13 min read

Dec 22

Fri

Dec. 22: LO & sales jobs, document collection product; BRAWL opinion; CFPB’s good HMDA news; F&F capital buffer

12 min read

Dec 21

Thu

Dec. 21: Controller, LO and AE jobs; tax update, PACE changes, 4506-T news; tax bill hitting rates

12 min read

Dec 20

Wed

Dec. 20: LO jobs, new products; politics & the tax bill’s impact on Fannie & Freddie; inflation & housing in the news

12 min read

Dec 19

Tue

Dec. 19: LO jobs; new products for LOs; M&A; events & webinars; borrower satisfaction survey; 2-yr. hits 9 year-high

12 min read

Dec 18

Mon

Dec. 18: LO & AE jobs, team looking for home; new products; the tax plan’s reality for homeowners & small businesses

13 min read

Dec 16

Sat

Dec. 16: BRAWL primer, things to think about, and how to think about the value of servicing

14 min read

Dec 15

Fri

Dec. 15: Subservicer, LO jobs; THL invests in G-Rate, FAF & BofA transact; Fair Lending & HMDA news

13 min read

Dec 14

Thu

Dec. 14: LO jobs, servicing wanted; tax news; state-level changes; jumbo/non-conforming updates; dot plot primer

12 min read

Dec 13

Wed

Dec. 13: AE jobs; lenders entering new channels, lender/appraiser product; investor disaster updates; Movement’s penalty

12 min read

Dec 12

Tue

Dec. 12: Lenders seeking sellers, AE jobs; upcoming events; mortgage & bank M&A announcements; MBS issuance rankings

12 min read

Dec 11

Mon

Dec. 11: MI job, construction & data validation products; FHA, VA, HECM changes; Iberiabank FHA penalty

12 min read

Dec 9

Sat

Dec. 9, 2017: Letters re: the wholesale channel, employee retention, attending conferences, and discount points

12 min read

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