February 2022 – Page 3 – Chrisman Commentary

Feb. 5: Primer on the Fed, higher rates, and mortgages; vendor news; Agency deal primer; digital identity tool; women drug humor

I think that jokes which can be tailored to whoever is President at the time of the Olympics are good jokes. “Speaking of bobsleds, did […]

Feb. 4: MLO jobs; pricing, non-QM, BI, subservicing tools; processing & pricing shifts; strong employment data shoots rates higher

Posted on February 4 by Rob Chrisman

Goals are good. Anyone whose goals included bringing back serving alcohol on Southwest flights is happy. It is fine for the Biden Administration to highlight […]

Feb. 3: MLO, AE, cap. mkts. jobs; wholesaler wanted; hedge cost, QC, compliance tools; investor FHA changes; approaching in-person events

Posted on February 3 by Rob Chrisman

Andy Rooney died over ten years ago. Many will say that Bill Mahr has taken his place, albeit with saltier language and a political bent. […]

2-2-22: Sec. mktg., tech, MLO jobs; hedging, sales, secondary marketing, underwriting products; compliance experts speak out on misconceptions

Posted on February 2 by Rob Chrisman

Here we are at Groundhog Day. A rodent predicting the weather has little tie-in with the 1993 movie of repeating the same day over and […]

Feb. 1: Tech sales, JV, secondary marketing jobs; insurance, customer service, U/W tools; Gov’t products changes of note, inc. FHA application process

Posted on February 1 by Rob Chrisman

Hundreds of billions of servicing are being bought & sold out there. With Freddie & Fannie servicing trading at 5:1 (mid 3’s for Ginnie servicing), […]