Fri, Aug 7 2015, 11:32 AM
Yesterday
I attended the California Association of Mortgage Professionals
conference in Southern California, and was talking to a buddy who works ...
Thu, Aug 6 2015, 11:16 AM
Housing discrimination can come in many forms - but based on who your friends are? Thank you to Thomas Michel who sent along this story about how Fa...
Wed, Aug 5 2015, 11:26 AM
Demand
for a wide range of consumer and commercial loans increased in the
second quarter, according to a Federal Reserve survey of senior loan
o...
Tue, Aug 4 2015, 10:35 AM
Regina Lowrie from RML Advisors
answers the question, "How should we handle the title insurance
companies, escrow companies and closing attorney...
Mon, Aug 3 2015, 10:17 AM
A
big topic at last week's MBA Hawaii annual conference was change in
the industry. As if residential lending doesn't have enough changes all
th...
Fri, Jul 31 2015, 10:20 AM
A
rare blue moon (two full moons appearing in the same calendar month)
will be visible in the sky today for the first time in three years. We
wo...
Thu, Jul 30 2015, 10:09 AM
Fun with government numbers: approximately
52.2 million people in the U.S. participated in major means-tested
government assistance programs eac...
Wed, Jul 29 2015, 11:11 AM
I
ain't one that puts much creed into book learnin'. But somes, I'm
guessin', do. The Mortgage Bankers Association will be offering a Path to Div...
Tue, Jul 28 2015, 10:29 AM
Federal
agencies have issued the final standards in regards to Section 342 of
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 201...
Mon, Jul 27 2015, 9:59 AM
The
MBA's "Chart of the Week" earlier this month noted that the ARM share
of mortgage applications had increased to 7 percent. This is the highest...
Fri, Jul 24 2015, 11:28 AM
Underwriting
is teamwork, and teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to
achieve uncommon results, provided they don't mind you calling the...
Thu, Jul 23 2015, 9:30 AM
Amidst
rumors of PIMCO buying a large retail residential lender (don't ask me,
I'm always the last to hear), residential business is really pickin...
Wed, Jul 22 2015, 10:11 AM
As expected, the CFPB issued a final rule announcing the delay of the effective date for TRID from August 1, 2015 to October 3, 2015 .
"The CFPB be...
Tue, Jul 21 2015, 10:30 AM
"Rob, I find it very interesting that the FHFA reported that the Agencies have selected smaller and less financially stable companies to receive lower...
Mon, Jul 20 2015, 10:24 AM
I
am visiting Denver for much of this week, and heard this quote: "Our
company culture? It consists of talking about our company culture."
Kiddi...
Fri, Jul 17 2015, 10:13 AM
Boy
how things have changed. Life is so expensive now; maybe that's why the
living arrangement stats have changed so dramatically since 1967. In
...
Thu, Jul 16 2015, 9:53 AM
Earnest Hemingway was born in the comfortable Midwestern suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, a place he described as full of, "wide lawns and narrow minds."...
Wed, Jul 15 2015, 10:16 AM
Yes, IT systems have sailed through things like Y2K (remember that?) and the leap second on June 30 th . But there are bigger challenges. The Federal ...
Tue, Jul 14 2015, 10:28 AM
June marked the beginning of hurricane season , as the North Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 st and ends November 30 th .
The last time ...
Mon, Jul 13 2015, 10:29 AM
Here's
some good news. The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders
Association/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index which analyzes trends
in home va...
Fri, Jul 10 2015, 11:05 AM
The FDIC has updated the Compliance Examination Manual to include examination procedures for TRID
in order to allow financial institutions a bet...
Thu, Jul 9 2015, 11:48 AM
Catching up on servicing news, don't forget that the
FHFA will now require servicers of mortgages to have a minimum net
worth of $2.5mm plus 2...
Wed, Jul 8 2015, 11:52 AM
For many lenders regardless of size, health care costs are expensive. Unfortunately it is about to become worse. The New York Times reports health in...
Tue, Jul 7 2015, 12:23 PM
Are you in debt? You're not alone - and check out this United States debt clock - enough to make your stomach turn over.
Back in February the Col...
Mon, Jul 6 2015, 10:54 AM
In
legal & training news, "After years of grappling with the fallout
over legacy loans and the industry's pivot towards regulatory
compliance, t...
Thu, Jul 2 2015, 10:15 AM
It
seems that lenders have had a more difficult time obtaining tax
information from the IRS this year. I collected the tax-related updates
ove...
Wed, Jul 1 2015, 11:38 AM
The Fourth of July is nearly here our very own Census Bureau has dished up some tasty numerical facts. The estimated U.S. population for July Fourth t...
Tue, Jun 30 2015, 11:33 AM
"One." That is the extra second that June 30 th
has today to correct clocks for the earth's rotation. "330,820." That
is the number of times Amer...
Mon, Jun 29 2015, 11:19 AM
I
doubt the average U.S. household is sitting around worrying about
interest rates. It's probably more like earthquake preparedness than
anythin...
Fri, Jun 26 2015, 11:21 AM
Yesterday
the Supreme Court weighed in on disparate impact in what was viewed as a
win for housing advocates & the CFPB and a setback for the ba...
Thu, Jun 25 2015, 10:30 AM
Aside
from a few memorable blips, rates have basically trended down in the
United States since 1982 until a year or two ago. What else has been
...
Wed, Jun 24 2015, 3:42 PM
Free
DU? You bet - Fannie couldn't let Freddie offer LP at no charge and not
respond. "Beginning June 1, Fannie Mae will align DU and Desktop
Or...
Tue, Jun 23 2015, 10:28 AM
History
lesson anyone? In the spring of 1861 the state convention in Richmond,
Virginia declared secession. Nearly all delegates from counties wes...
Mon, Jun 22 2015, 9:46 AM
Hopefully
all the dads out there had fun Sunday. The U.S. Census Bureau tells us
in 2008 there were 70.1 million fathers in the U.S. and in 2014 2...
Fri, Jun 19 2015, 10:47 AM
The
Census Bureau reports that as of Q1, the percentage of Americans who
own their homes fell to the lowest level in 20Ys (to 63.8%). Tighter
le...
Thu, Jun 18 2015, 10:13 AM
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) has published its 2015 report identifying the top 250 Latino mortgage origina...
Tue, Jun 16 2015, 11:41 AM
How 'bout California Governor Jerry Brown stealing money (ok, "inappropriately diverting") from of the Homeowner's Fund?
For upcoming events...
...
Mon, Jun 15 2015, 10:21 AM
A
recent MBA "Chart of the Week" bears repeating since it reminds us just
how much a borrower pays for a home loan when it closes. (Think about ...
Fri, Jun 12 2015, 10:45 AM
Every
once in a while someone will ask me about mortgage origination numbers,
like does anyone count the number of loans made? Sure - read through...
Thu, Jun 11 2015, 10:36 AM
A recent MBA "Chart of the Week" highlights the change in the number of
households by age from 2004 to 2014. Household formation was negative
fo...
Wed, Jun 10 2015, 10:43 AM
Yes, TRID is impacting lending, and thus borrowers. Wells Fargo's correspondent group announced the end of its "Single Close Construction" program...
Tue, Jun 9 2015, 11:37 AM
A survey of 16 big global lenders revealed that the total bill for legal matters has hit $300 billion .
Yesterday
the commentary mentioned...
Mon, Jun 8 2015, 10:25 AM
According
to the U.S. Census Bureau, 21.3 percent of the American population
(52.2 million people) participated in government assistance programs ...
Fri, Jun 5 2015, 10:28 AM
Huh? National Donut Day? Most donut shops have a few employees, but in 2013 our Census Bureau tells us there were 23 million businesses without paid ...
Thu, Jun 4 2015, 10:54 AM
"I
swear, if my memory was any worse I could plan my own surprise party."
Remember when you were a student? Research from the Fed finds total
st...
Wed, Jun 3 2015, 11:01 AM
There
is plenty of dialog and discussion in the lending industry. Certainly some of the conversation
involves the fact that, for the popular pres...
Tue, Jun 2 2015, 10:45 AM
Some
in the industry are focused on Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf's recent
comments saying that cybersecurity and an evolving payments industry are
...
Mon, Jun 1 2015, 10:14 AM
When I grow up I want to be wealthy. And thanks to this list of the wealthiest zip codes in America ,
I know just where to move. (Interesting to co...
Fri, May 29 2015, 10:52 AM
According
to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are now ten cities that have a
population of greater than 1 million with California and Texas each home...
Thu, May 28 2015, 10:32 AM
The
Census Bureau tell us that there were 23 million businesses without
paid employees, or non-employer businesses, in the United States in
2013...
