June 30: AE, MLO jobs; Bridge, DPA, non-Agency, fee collection products; upcoming training, webinars, events
“Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels… Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields.” Yes, at the end […]
Month: June 2022
June 29: MLO jobs; margin improvement, non-QM, sec. mktg. tools; FGMC fallout; California MBA weighs in; broker petition
We’re all trying to save a few pennies. We have the increase in postal rates coming soon and perhaps pick up a roll, or ten, […]
June 28: MLO jobs; operational cost, pre-qual, broker, legal & vesting tools; news from wholesale channel; housing demand & supply
You can rest assured that no animals were harmed in the making of this commentary! But the harm felt by stockholders during the last several […]
June 27: AE, MLO jobs; new loan products; sales webinar; GSE’s new fee and other conforming conventional changes
“I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.” Management teams at lenders and vendors can’t be indecisive in this environment. Who’s going to […]
June 25: Florida insurance crisis; notes on Black Knight/ICE, Flagstar breach, S&D and bridge loans; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
This week we had the official start of summer, although “summer life” has already begun for many. (Cue Kenny Chesney’s summer song… two bare feet […]
June 24: MLO, Bus. Dev. jobs; pre-qual, appraisal, marketing, accounting tools; rural housing process & Ginnie Mae news
Knocking on wood is an apotropaic (averting bad luck) tradition of literally touching, tapping, or knocking on wood, or merely stating that one is doing […]
June 23: Title, lead conversion, MSR, POS, QC products; STRATMOR piece on tech adoption; Wholesalers & TPO investors on the move
Crypto and blockchain technologies have some valid applications but when it’s just for investment, there are tons of scams. (And what would we do for […]
June 22: Analyst, MLO, AE jobs; PPE, U/W, lead purchase products; Events, training, & webinars through July
One topic of conversation at the MBAH conference is the quote making the rounds, “Marry the house, date the rate,” a nightmare for capital markets […]
June 21: AE, MLO jobs; pricing, broker, jumbo, fee collection products; STRATMOR on connecting with borrowers; investor ARM news
Here in Honolulu, talk among those gathered for the MBA Hawai’i annual conference includes the rise in adjustable-rate mortgage lending by depositories, and the impact […]
June 20: FHA jobs; POS, LO survey, processing, servicing, non-QM products; Freddie & Fannie ceaseless changes
“I won’t be impressed with technology until I can download food.” The universe doesn’t care about technology, nor does the earth’s rotation. The summer solstice […]