Month: June 2018

When I grow up I want to live in a ranch style… shipping container? If you have a builder complaining about lumber costs or labor […]

Rumors continue to swirl. Will a top-10 bank really terminate hundreds, possibly a thousand, of its retail originators in late July/early August for not meeting […]

Saturday commentaries are often a place to publish reader’s letters, many of whom are mortgage loan originators or sales managers. Originators have lots of questions […]

Taking a tour around the nation…No one has ever used the term “bespoke” in describing any place I’ve stayed. I barely know what it means. […]

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects increasing customer usage of technology will reduce the number of bank tellers by 42,000 through 2026. Given their […]

Lenders aren’t likely to eliminate their owners or senior management, nor do they want to eliminate producers (who are meeting minimum thresholds) or slash their […]

Some banks have concluded they will have to support Libor after 2021, when alternative rates are in place. The banks hope to avoid disruption from […]

Residential lenders aren’t the only ones having a tough time out there. Builder Hovnanian reported a Q2 loss of $9.8 million. The Social Security program’s […]

“I can’t tell if people who wear pajamas in public have given up on life, or are living life to the fullest.” Regardless, plenty of […]

For me this week includes time in Indianapolis and Chicago. Once again, I am impressed by the talent in residential lending – the industry is […]