Daily Commentary

by Rob Chrisman · Published every weekday since 2008

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Dec. 31: Sales jobs; SAFE Act policies not uniform around the biz; impeachment process is not driving rates

Rob Chrisman · 12 min read

“I can’t remember how to write 1, 1000, 51, and 500 in Roman Numerals! IM LIVID.” Some in the industry may be livid over Associated […]

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Dec 30

Mon

Dec. 30: Vendor/lender survey; Taxpayer First Act updates; program & processing notes; China & our interest rates

12 min read

Dec 28

Sat

Dec. 28: Reader’s letters on the current M&A activity, the IRS fee increase, and the outlook for 2020

12 min read

Dec 27

Fri

Dec. 27: AE jobs; affordable lending, first-time buyer products; updates on the new URLA and conv. loan amounts

12 min read

Dec 26

Thu

Dec. 26, Boxing Day: Compliance job, 2020 forecasts; news from Ginnie, USDA, investors following FHA & VA changes

11 min read

Dec 24

Tue

Dec. 24: Vendor partnership; repo activity, household debt, tariffs, and shelter costs in the capital markets

12 min read

Dec 23

Mon

Dec. 23: JV, compliance, digital products; customer service trends & news; capital markets steady

12 min read

Dec 21

Sat

Dec. 21: IRS clarifies Taxpayer First guidelines; letters on politics & the election, sales management

12 min read

Dec 20

Fri

Dec. 20: U/W, sales jobs; LOS, training, digital products; what is, or isn’t, moving mortgage rates

12 min read

Dec 19

Thu

Dec. 19: MLO jobs; digital, broker, correspondent products; vendor updates & products; holiday trading in bond market

12 min read

Dec 18

Wed

Dec. 18: LO, AE jobs; sales, broker, regulatory tools; lenders react to Taxpayers First Act paperwork; rates quiet

13 min read

Dec 17

Tue

Dec. 17: Ops, LO jobs; profitability, organizational, non-QM tools; comp survey; events; co-branding & JVs rampant

12 min read

Dec 16

Mon

Dec. 16: AE, LO jobs; non-del, u/w, , analytics, CRM tools; jumbo & non-QM trends: who’s doing what

14 min read

Dec 14

Sat

Dec. 14: Letters on employee performance, HFAs, disposable income, LIBOR; HR Christmas party humor

12 min read

Dec 13

Fri

Dec. 13: Marketing, consumer direct jobs; correspondent, processing, broker products; deep capital markets dive

13 min read

Dec 12

Thu

Dec. 12: LO, Ops jobs; broker, back-office, non-QM, AOT products; upcoming events; rates: yawn…

14 min read

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Dec. 31: Sales jobs; SAFE Act policies not uniform around the biz; impeachment process is not driving rates

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