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May 16: AE, LO jobs; DSCR sales, processing, UAD 3.6, homebuyer, LO locking tools; STRATMOR tech survey; primer on basis points
This weekend is when many of us head to Manhattan for the MBA’s National Secondary event. For those flying in, check your ticket: NJ...
Rob Chrisman
22 hours ago
May 15: CFO, LO jobs & transitions; Workflow, 2nd, portfolio, bridge, LOS products; Pulte interview; Rocket & prepayment speeds
“There’s a splendid saying about the definition of an economist being someone who “will know tomorrow why the things they predicted...
Rob Chrisman
2 days ago
May 14: Compliance, AE jobs, broker positions; non-QM, automatic admin, due diligence tools; M&A for lenders & vendors continue
As Roy Cohn once instructed a young Donald Trump, much can be accomplished by attacking first and dealing with the consequences later. I...
Rob Chrisman
3 days ago
May 13: LO jobs; attorneys wanted; compliance, dashboard, origination tools; eNote news; new econ book; Conv. conforming changes
No one in places like Florida or Myrtle Beach or Colorado’s Glenwood Springs wants to wake up to a headline, sensationalist or not,...
Rob Chrisman
4 days ago
May 12: AE jobs; Coaching; Workflow, LO mobile app, AI products; Economist Selma Hepp interview; training & podcasts this week
Nearly a thousand of us head to Manhattan in less than a week for the MBA’s Secondary Conference. In 2025 Q1, the median asking rent in...
Rob Chrisman
5 days ago
May 10: Diamonds & homes; Rocket Cos.' stark earnings; STRATMOR Tech Survey; Car insurance & tariffs; Vendor news & products
As noted earlier this week in the Commentary, builders report that the number of unsold homes is the highest since 2009, and in Sunbelt...
Rob Chrisman
5 days ago
May 9: LO jobs, transitions; HELOC, process automation, Buy Before You Sell tools; Trump Admin. vs. disaster monitoring; Guild earnings; Innovators Conference
Here’s something that our Fed can’t do anything about, inflation-wise: coconut prices have doubled due to extreme weather events. (More...
Rob Chrisman
May 9
May 8: MISMO President job; servicer oversight, vendor management, CU member mining, VA, compliance tools; tariffs & remodeling
“Why did the homeowner take so long in remodeling his home? He had trouble with da siding.” There are LOs, or correspondent investors,...
Rob Chrisman
May 8
May 7: LO jobs; LO/borrower engagement, HELOC, LO tech tools; Agency & investor news runs the gamut; fairly strong jobs numbers
Most good loan originators are keenly aware of demographics in their area. Aren’t you tired of talking about a lack of inventory and...
Rob Chrisman
May 7
May 6: STRATMOR's tech survey results; commercial appraisal, non-QM investor, compliance tools; AI generated legal work; conv conf news
This is the month of the MBA’s National Secondary in Manhattan. For some trivia, the nickname "The Big Apple" originated in the 1920s in...
Rob Chrisman
May 6
May 5: Tech, AE, LO jobs; Pre-qual, fee collection, jumbo, software designing tools; training, webinars, and events this week
Today celebrates Mexico’s victory over France in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. (In this country, Hispanic home ownership numbers...
Rob Chrisman
May 5
May 3: Reader thoughts on disparate impact changes, the jobs data, GDP & tariffs, Cinco de Mayo; vendor news from soup to nuts
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.” There’s plenty of...
Rob Chrisman
May 4
May 2: LO jobs; LO/borrower engagement, HELOC, LO tech tools; Agency & investor news runs the gamut; fairly strong jobs numbers
Fortunately for the readers of this Commentary, we don’t receive federal funding, so it won’t be cut… Unlike groups like NPR and PBS ...
Rob Chrisman
May 2
May 1: LO jobs; secondary database, AI information, consulting, DSCR, non-QM products; Freddie's net worth hits $62 billion; join the Mortgage Action Alliance
May Day… whether you celebrate today as “about” halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's Spring equinox and Midsummer solstice...
Rob Chrisman
May 1
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