Jan. 19: LO, Ops jobs; broker, credit report fee, flip & bridge products; TPO news from around the biz
If you’re in Chicago, the newest attraction is “the rat hole.” Here in Denver, besides the cat I saw in the airport yesterday being walked […]
Month: January 2024
Jan. 18: LO jobs; margin mgt., LOS, correspondent, AI products; a look at Fed strategy and goals; Dave Stevens
Then VP Al Gore supposedly said, “It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.” […]
Jan. 17: Broker jobs, many transitions; hedging, servicing, fulfillment, non-QM products; Senators, the CFPB, and Navy Fed
Today I am in San Diego for the SD CAMP event. At the same latitude, a poll was taken by Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office […]
Jan. 16: Servicing, LO jobs; Servicing, jumbo, appraisal, HELOC products; CA ADU news; why extensions cost money; Recruiter interview
“I’m supposed to respect my elders, but now it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one.” Gradually it’s becoming harder and harder to […]
Jan. 15: LO, Ops jobs; correspondent, AI/ML, 1003, warehouse optimization products; coast to coast training & webinars this week
National Bagel Day, whatever that is exactly, is today. How are we halfway through January already? Wasn’t it just Christmas Day? Happy Martin Luther King […]
Jan. 13: Citi’s Project Bora Bora; A primer on MBS pricing; a note from a HECM/reverse fan; a good joke for your real estate agents
If you’re a whiskey or Celtic folk song fan, here’s a little something for you to lead off the Saturday Commentary. Switching continents, remember, “Yo […]
Jan. 12: LO jobs; data mining, fair lending, tech stack products; Ginnie stats; STRATMOR ops workshop; LO comp & profitability
I received this call yesterday from an LO friend. “Rob, I was talking to my ‘hair-apist’ last night, and I was telling her about how […]
Jan. 11: DTC & retail jobs; doc uploading, correspondent, HELOC, fraud prevention tools; Radian/FinLocker deal; secondary marketing bonus primer
Our Federal Reserve doesn’t control events around the world, like a ship being stuck in the Suez Canal, or the current Red Sea geopolitical aggression, […]
Jan. 10: LO jobs; regulatory, compliance, RIA, accounting, AI products; CFPB penalty news; credit/FICO & investor updates
I’m so tired of the mainstream press talking about the 2024 election, 10 months out. Given that the median age of U.S. citizens is about […]
Jan. 9: LO jobs; non-QM, wholesale, servicing, DPA, automation, secondary mktg. pricing tools; Agency news; 2023: hottest year on record
“The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.” That’s a weak pun for a weak segue into… Is it […]