Feb. 15: LO jobs, new programs & products; ARM & jumbo changes; upcoming events & training
If you claim that many areas of the nation have few houses for sale, no one will disagree. (“Rob, when are those big funds […]
Month: February 2018
Feb. 14: LO jobs, LO products; new association in the biz; upcoming training; Radian changes; Flagstar’s Ginnie response
Two men are sitting in a bar when Mark Zuckerberg walks in. One of the men says to his friend, “This is awesome! On average, […]
Feb. 13: LO jobs, new products; Mr. Cooper has a new foster parent; capital market products; why LOs should care about the budget
Every lender has seen rates move higher, and nearly every lender has seen the inventory of homes for sale decline. With rates moving higher, which […]
Feb. 12: AE, LO jobs, new products; layoffs & signing bonuses, productivity & margins – grim times ahead?
People are usually surprised to learn there are more boating licenses issued in Wyoming then in Hawai’i. Arizona and flooding? CoreLogic research finds 23% of […]
Feb. 10: Notes on blockchain, selling leads, churning FHA & VA borrowers; a primer on how mortgage pricing works
Guess who turns 50 this year? The big news this week, arguably, was the Government National Mortgage Association (aka, Ginnie Mae, Ginnie, GNMA) issuing a […]
Feb. 9: LO jobs, new products incl. mortgage cryptocurrency; lender & Agency FHA & VA changes; Ginnie names names
Here’s a riddle for tonight’s Happy Hour for snowed-in Chicagoans: What do New Day Financial, Nations Lending Corp., Freedom Mortgage Corp, LoanDepot.com LLC and Flagstar […]
Feb. 8: Servicing, AE, LO jobs; upcoming events and conferences on origination, secondary, cybersecurity, M&A, etc.
People are usually surprised to learn there are more boating licenses issued in Wyoming then in Hawai’i. Arizona and flooding? CoreLogic research finds 23% of […]
Feb. 7: Sales, LO, & underwriting jobs, VA boot camp; Fannie & Freddie guideline, ULDD, & process changes
Amazon Go opened its doors in Seattle as the first digital grocery store without any cashiers. (One initially simply downloads an app to use the […]
Feb. 6: Capital markets job, construction, vendor mgt., recruiting products; compliance & Dodd-Frank notes
As all the pre-printed “Patriots: 2018 Super Bowl Champions” t-shirts are being shipped off for donation to 3rd world countries (yes, that is what happens), […]
Feb. 5: MI & LO jobs, comp software; bank branch trends and different outlooks for Chase & Wells; Walter Investment turmoil
I know plenty of folks in Nebraska. And people who went to school there but left soon afterward. But I don’t know Elsie Eiler, who […]