Dec. 31: Bank M&A continues; Pending Home Sales primer; lender’s forms keep changing – who can keep track?
Given my Resolutions from a year ago, and looking back at 2015, I’ve got today to get skinny, save money, learn French, and undrink 987 […]
Month: December 2015
Dec. 30: Atlanta RE event; TRID kickback reasons; December’s wave of CFPB news including letter meant to assuage industry’s TRID fears
Death is rarely funny, and the aftermath can be even worse. But here’s an interesting twist on things. Even in our digital world where e-mortgages […]
Dec. 29: Retail jobs & bank layoffs; another MBS lawsuit; bank M&A continues; trends in multi-family rents & lending
Are you reading this while figuring out what you’re going to do New Year’s Eve? The latest research studies find it is nearly impossible for […]
Dec. 28: SVP Bus. Development position; conforming conventional lending trends and expectations for 2016
Fetch your HP 12c – here’s some math magic. Take 259, multiply it by your age, and then multiply that by 39. You’ll see an […]
Dec. 26: Note on the current state of the residential appraisal biz; nifty poem about financing from banks & non-banks
Every lender knows that there are 5 C’s that go into the decision to lend money: Credit history, capacity, collateral, capital, and conditions. Of course […]
Dec. 24: MI still deductible; inclinations with home builders; trends in capital markets
As much of the nation reels from storms and their damage, and lenders review their disaster policies, there is one thing we don’t have to […]
Dec. 23: Retail & MI jobs and Impac’s re-org; U.S. renting trends helping LOs, Realtors, and builders
It is the holiday season. Some of us abstain from drinking alcohol, some of us don’t. And among those that don’t abstain, some drink a […]
Dec. 22: Retail jobs for LOs; hiring and major job cuts; TRID hits consumers as industry cries “Uncle” – Wells & Chase discuss common defects
Recruiters and heads of Human Resources may find this supposed list of JPMorgan Chase interviewing questions of interest. On the topic of interviews, Houston-based […]
Dec. 21: Retail opportunities; catching up with USDA rural program updates; Chase EPO note riles some of its clients
Congratulations – from here on out we’ll see more daylight in the Northern Hemisphere every day. And for readers living in Anchorage, Alaska, where today’s […]
Dec. 19: Primer on lender & bank cybersecurity, and protecting information; the CFPB’s data collection draws criticism
Recently the CEO of a growing lender that I work with challenged me, although they didn’t know it at the time. I was asked about […]