July 18: More on Appendix Q; pre-disclosure restrictions; CFPB on complaint sharing; big bank bankruptcy plans
“I’m working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just […]
Month: July 2014
July 17: Surprising pull through research; float down lock White Paper; Huh? Chase may do what?
I head to Madison, Wisconsin today (motto: “Smell our dairy air!”) after the California Mortgage Banker’s secondary marketing conference wrapped up in San Francisco. Non-QM […]
Jul. 16: Mortgage jobs & co. opportunities; maybe the student debt problem is overblown? Lots of upcoming training opportunities
Is it against the law to live “off the grid”? It might be in Florida, as this widow is finding out – an interesting case […]
July 15: Mortgage jobs & opportunities; differences between broker & mini-corr; jumbo deals & lender financing alternatives
Some of the big topics here at the CMBA Western Secondary conference are margins, compensation, and compliance. Reports show that bank tellers earned an average […]
July 14: Mortgage jobs; new rep & warrant product; PHH expanding; Citi settles; what Wells’ earnings tell us; adios mini-corr?
Great news! “After Nigeria was eliminated from the World Cup the Nigerian captain, believed to be royalty, personally offered to refund all the expenses of […]
July 12: Input on proposed MI changes, 1099 vs W2 for LOs; primer on down payment assistance programs
Yesterday, 7-11, was a day of free give-away Slurpees. Dan cleverly asks, “I wonder if the California, Colorado, and Washington dispensaries will act accordingly on […]
7-11: Bank and lender M&A continues; free Slurpees today; lots on the MI industry updates
After my swimming lessons, my grandmother would take me to 7/11 for a Slurpee. She’d count out her carefully saved coins, and I would have […]
July 10: Mortgage jobs & accounting help; CFPB addresses death; servicing news; new investors popping up
Although Bismarck, ND is a fine city, it did not make Zillow’s Best Places to Buy a Vacation Home list. I read many articles during […]
July 9: Revised housing & MBS forecasts; CRA education; banking news; Impac rolls Alt-QM; Nationstar ends reverse biz
Mortgage banker conferences don’t sway the numbers, too much, but the old saying, “People drink, even when they’re broke,” may be true. According to a […]
July 8: Mortgage jobs; bank shuts mortgage division; CFPB update, review types, & why you don’t it handling your remodel
“Imagine if all 28,394 of us banned together.” “Banded” would be the appropriate word to use there, of course. If anyone from the Illinois Association […]