The first day of Spring! Converting empty warehouses, grain elevators, under-utilized shopping malls, or Toys-R-Us stores to new housing? Perhaps. There is certainly a lack […]
For me the last seven days included California, Texas, Nevada, and Illinois. What am I seeing? Some companies are doing well. Others aren’t, and unfortunately, […]
Welcome to St. Patrick’s Day – don’t forget to wear some green. Pretty simple. Residential mortgage banking? Not so simple. Take an industry with a […]
Lenders charge an interest rate commensurate with the risk, and potential for not being paid back. But disasters and taxes can complicate things. Mortgage News […]
Rumors continue about companies going out of business, scaling back, or being sold. But let’s talk about progress in pushing forward transitional licensing, and that […]
As this week marks the 10 year anniversary of JPM Chase taking over Bear Stearns, the residential lending industry is rife with rumors about companies […]
As I head to head to Chicago today to attend the Illinois MBA Conference, I won’t win any Brownie Points mentioning that a United Van […]
Rates have gone up, refi volumes are dropping, and LOs are having plenty of discussions with potential borrowers about “rent vs. buy.” SmartAsset has now […]
While much of the nation is preparing to “spring ahead” Sunday morning, and lose an hour, let’s look at what’s on people’s minds. LO comp […]
Let’s end the week with a non-mortgage related note about nature. You Tube has a live webcam in the San Francisco Presidio of a Red-Tailed […]
