Wesley Costello is the Executive VP of Sales Operations at AnnieMac Home Mortgage. Homebuyers Need Strategy and Preparation to Succeed In...

Trigger leads, Twitter feeds, and the changing DC game The headline in the June 24, 2025 Mortgage Bankers Association’s Newslink read,...

At the heart of mortgage lending is a simple axiom: the value of any loan rests on the quality of its collateral. For centuries, that...

You know what they say about July in this business. It's hot outside, but the pipeline’s cooling off. Interest rates aren’t dropping...

This week in the mortgage industry was defined by a confluence of political speculation, shifting economic data, and renewed momentum in...

“The seminar ‘How to avoid frauds’ is canceled. Tickets are non-refundable.” Mortgage fraud is alive and well in the United States. In...

Under the “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade” category… Like any asset in a free market economy, home and real estate prices are...

Does anyone pay with cash anymore, or actually have the money in their bank account? Credit card debt is now $1.1 trillion . There is...

In the ever-evolving world of mortgage finance, marketing has undergone a transformation just as profound as the products and platforms...

“I've been experimenting with breeding racing deer. People have accused me of just trying to make a fast buck.” There are no fast bucks...

Mortgage lenders, ready for further adventures in the valley (of death), are at a crossroads. Despite massive tech spends, they continue...

AI doesn’t have an NMLS number. (Zillow has never, ever set foot in a house for that matter.) Do you own a computer? Most in lending do....

Residential business is coming through in dribs and drabs for many lenders, but that doesn’t stop all the random news out there. To no...

Let’s talk about the advice most homebuyers don’t hear. When a renter becomes a homeowner, something fundamental shifts, or at least it...

With the foundational mission of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae centered around expanding access to homeownership, especially...

“I've started telling everyone about the benefits of eating dried grapes. It's all about raisin awareness.” You should also be aware of...

For many, business is slow out there, and the industry waits for the House vote today on the abusive trigger lead bill. Depository banks...

Happy Summer Solstice, and happy 50th birthday to the movie Jaws . Back then, for security, all we had to remember was where we hid our...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In what sources are calling “deeply consistent with recent guidance,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was caught...

Sometimes you have just one more thing to “ get over ” in order to fund that loan. In Hawai’i and other places, the conversation has, to...