Dec. 31: Sales jobs; SAFE Act policies not uniform around the biz; impeachment process is not driving rates
“I can’t remember how to write 1, 1000, 51, and 500 in Roman Numerals! IM LIVID.” Some in the industry may be livid over Associated […]
Month: December 2019
Dec. 30: Vendor/lender survey; Taxpayer First Act updates; program & processing notes; China & our interest rates
I was telling my cat Myrtle that I have a problem when people ask me what I’ll be doing tomorrow after midnight. I don’t have […]
Dec. 28: Reader’s letters on the current M&A activity, the IRS fee increase, and the outlook for 2020
I received this note from “TeeGee.” As you think about New Year’s resolutions, here’s one we should all make together: resolve to insist that decades begin […]
Dec. 27: AE jobs; affordable lending, first-time buyer products; updates on the new URLA and conv. loan amounts
If Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae didn’t exist, would we create them now? Turkey will establish a new mortgage financing firm, Birlesik Ipotek Finansmani AS, […]
Dec. 26, Boxing Day: Compliance job, 2020 forecasts; news from Ginnie, USDA, investors following FHA & VA changes
“I hate it when people ask me what I’ll be doing in six days. Come on folks. I don’t have 2020 vision.” You can be […]
Dec. 24: Vendor partnership; repo activity, household debt, tariffs, and shelter costs in the capital markets
Where are the well-known Democratic presidential hopefuls on housing issues? As with most politicians, it’s a little vague. While we’re on politics, regardless of gender, […]
Dec. 23: JV, compliance, digital products; customer service trends & news; capital markets steady
There sure are lots of people, borrowing lots of money, for lots of houses out there! And the bump in activity is coming from non-bank […]
Dec. 21: IRS clarifies Taxpayer First guidelines; letters on politics & the election, sales management
Happy Winter Solstice! Culture and training Last week my commentary had some information about training, and Bob Masur wrote, “Why do so many people seem […]
Dec. 20: U/W, sales jobs; LOS, training, digital products; what is, or isn’t, moving mortgage rates
As we zip toward the end of the decade, do you want the U.S. economy to be “Hotter than the hinges of hell?” Probably not, […]
Dec. 19: MLO jobs; digital, broker, correspondent products; vendor updates & products; holiday trading in bond market
Sure the world noted that Sweden’s central bank hiked its rate to 0%. But in this country, Michigan is making mortgage news. First, United Shore/UWM […]