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• Saturday, August 15 Aug. 15: Homeowners’ insurance news Build-to-rent status; Prepay stats; vendor products; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes
• Friday, August 14 Aug. 14: Non-QM AE, Admin. jobs; Wholesale lender, POS, mortgage intelligence tools; non-Agency trends: who’s doing what?
• Thursday, August 13 Aug. 13: LO jobs; home buyer aid, eClosing, marketing tools; Texas insurance study; approaching webinars; spec pool price volatility
• Wednesday, August 12 Aug. 12: Asset-based loan, loss mit, verification, AI-native execution layer tools; On-site events for your calendar; inflation data
• Tuesday, August 11 Aug. 11: LO, tech sales jobs; subservicer oversight, HELOC, AI processing tools; STRATMOR on subservicing; MISMO role; RESPA thoughts
• Monday, August 10 Aug. 10: LO, closing mgr. jobs; POS admin, land loan, Agentic AI tools; Deep dive into earnings; Pennymac’s Spector on servicing value
• Saturday, August 8 Aug. 8: Thoughts on flood maps, and diversification in housing; tourism is how much of U.S. GDP? Saturday Spotlight: TrueWork
• Friday, August 7 Aug. 7: Sales VP, LO jobs; cap mkts education, mortgage ops support, QC, flood cert tools; weak jobs data moves rates
• Thursday, August 6 Aug. 6: Tech enterprise AE, LO mgt. jobs; hedging, AVM, dashboard tools; UWM news turn heads; Chrisman Demo Day announced
• Wednesday, August 5 Aug. 5: U/W job; non-QM, HELOC, DSCR, tech-stack, processing, loan buying tools; UAD 3.6 thoughts; AI panel interview
• Tuesday, August 4 Aug. 4: Shift at Better; Webcasts, capital deployment, DPA tools; AI & borrowers; Interview with Vesta’s Mike Yu on designing tech
• Monday, August 3 Aug. 3: Sr. mgt job; Webinars, LOS, title, eNote, processing tools; paying for news in advance; NAR, owner wealth, and dropped coverage
• Saturday, August 1 Aug. 1: LOs can tell borrowers this about rates; ATR, immigration, and lenders; Saturday Spotlight: Gershman Mortgage
• Friday, July 31 July 31: Closing, LO jobs; verification, CRA tracking, state-level tax and MGIC webinars, Non-Agency product developments
• Thursday, July 30 July 30: UAD 3.6, reverse, AI, co-issue products; Freddie clocks in at $3.8 billion; Morgan Stanley did what in mortgages?
• Wednesday, July 29 July 29: LO jobs; hedging, credit, anti-fraud tools; STRATMOR on borrower satisfaction; Fannie’s $4 billion earnings quarter
• Tuesday, July 28 July 28: LO, Tech jobs; verification, HELOC, non-QM broker products; RESPA thoughts; Redwood Trust 2x production
• Monday, July 27 July 27: LO jobs; DSCR, HELOC, market analysis, pricing rule tools; FHA, HUD, Ginnie changes; six D’s worth noting
• Saturday, July 25 July 25: Opinions on housing stats, RESPA, the CFPB, and no-merge credit reports; Florida insurance news
• Friday, July 24 July 24: AE, SVP sales jobs; AI, non-QM products; Deep dive into AI thoughts & opinions; Morgan Stanley interview on risk
• Thursday, July 23 July 23: LO jobs; Hedging, VantageScore 4.0, AI accounting, non-QM, reverse products; higher oil, higher rates; Mitch Kider interview
• Wednesday, July 22 July 22: AE, broker jobs; Servicing, non-Agency, AI processing tools; Condo turmoil ahead? Traders to buy economic news in advance?
• Tuesday, July 21 July 21: Tech, LO jobs; HELOC AI, doc analysis, home equity POS products; L1 rebrand; Delinquencies impact rates; live RESPA panel
• Monday, July 20 July 20: LO, AE jobs; verification, servicing, Next-Gen, flood cert products; AI & overall tech adoption
• Saturday, July 18 July 18: Thoughts on how best to help LOs, how to view current foreclosures, and how every day is a job interview
• Friday, July 17 July 17: LO jobs; Broker & corresp. products; verification, POS, flood cert. tools; AI governance gaining momentum; vacancy stats
• Thursday, July 16 July 16: LO bank jobs; Hedging, data mapping, BER letter, PPE tools; AI ramifications; Atty. Mitch Kider joins Big Picture
• Wednesday, July 15 July 15: Home equity, verification, asset-based lending, MI tools; Housing demand shift; Fed balance sheet thoughts
• Tuesday, July 14 July 14: LO jobs; CRA, Call Report, non-QM U/W tools; ROAD to Housing bill viewed; immigration & credit reminder; CPI!
• Monday, July 13 July 13: Appraisal, mgt, LO jobs; Fraud report, AMC, non-QM products, eNote news; ROAD to Housing thoughts; Oil & rates
• Saturday, July 11 July 11: Laws, regulations, TILA, RESPA changes afoot? Third party provider news; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes BBYS platform
• Friday, July 10 July 10: Appraisal, LO jobs; bus. opportunity; verification, AI, prequal products; STRATMOR tech survey; Government program news
• Thursday, July 9 July 9: Tech, Retail Mgr. jobs; Hedging, warehouse, processing tools; M&A ramifications continue; Declining demand for housing
• Wednesday, July 8 July 8: Builder mgt., LOS sales jobs; AI, AMC, analytic, equity, correspondent products; Lennar’s lawsuit; oil hits rates (again)
• Tuesday, July 7 July 7: LO jobs; Servicing, processing support, AI tools ; Lenders focusing on consumers; Thoughts on UAD 3.6
• Monday, July 6 July 6: Non-QM, appraisal jobs; HELOC, AI POS, LOS tools; pay attention to Agency changes; housing surplus?
• Thursday, July 2 July 2: LO jobs; Younger borrower, medical professional; full loan cycle AI tools; CEO Kim Nelson interview; Non-Agency news
• Wednesday, July 1 July 1: Broker equity, appraisal jobs; Accounting, AllReg’s AI tools; Isaac Boltansky interview; CRA stats; STRATMOR on LO trust
• Tuesday, June 30 June 30: LO jobs; Medical profession, refi prospecting products; Fee standardization thoughts; Investors & ROAD Act
• Monday, June 29 June 29: AE jobs; Verification, AI processing, digital closing tools; Ways to think about AI; Conventional conforming news
• Saturday, June 27 June 27: Idea on improving affordability; Christy S. on leadership; Saturday Spotlight: Gershman Mortgage; a reminder about Kurt V.
• Friday, June 26 June 26: Credit and verification, AI compliance, CRA sourcing tools; The housing bill… now what? HMDA data; inflation hopes & rates
• Thursday, June 25 June 25: AE jobs; borrower retention, AI governance, jumbo products; borrower recapture trends; MLO opportunity thoughts
• Wednesday, June 24 June 24: Broker jobs; Retention, credit analysis, CU lending, disaster analysis tools; Housing Act to the President; upcoming webcasts
• Tuesday, June 23 June 23: Ops jobs; HELOC, verification products; AI Gap is a thing; Housing bill advances; JPMorganChase on affordability
• Monday, June 22 June 22: Verification letter, AI compliance, retention, decisioning tools; Fix-and-flip trends; overnight rate hikes a certainty?
• Saturday, June 20 June 20: Keep the Fed’s actions in perspective; Communication is give & take; Saturday Spotlight: Finance of America
• Friday, June 19 June 19: Appraisal chief job; AI compliance, HELOC, AI loan precheck, cloud-based LOS tools; Plan for in-person events
• Thursday, June 18 June 18: Ops jobs; Non-QM, hedging, verification products; training webinars; Title insurance stats; Fed pronouncement dissected
• Wednesday, June 17 June 17: AE jobs; NMLS review, fraud monitor, margin mgt. tools; mortgage products shifting… Progressive’s “uppayment”?
• Tuesday, June 16 June 16: Title partner sought; AI products; Fair Lending, deportations, and service animals; AI governance; Pennymac’s AI path
• Monday, June 15 June 15: New wholesaler, LO jobs; Verification, MGIC survey, Rocket contest, credit reporting tools; Agency program changes
• Saturday, June 13 June 13: Interview on avoiding hiring lawsuits; condo HOA collapse; Fed study on insurance affordability; joke on aging
• Friday, June 12 June 12: UAD 3.6, compliance AI, closing doc tools; Bill Pulte in the news again; MBS investor interview; MISMO & AI
• Thursday, June 11 June 11: LO jobs; hedging, HOA lien monitoring, reverse products; webcasts of note; what is the CFPB’s Humility Pledge?
• Wednesday, June 10 June 10: AE, LO, MI jobs; credit, verification, database, retention, broker tools; FTC penalty; cost of living increases
• Tuesday, June 9 June 9: AE jobs; Retention, appraisal repurchase risk, analytics , lead gen tools; Better rate vs. better house? Google AI interview
• Monday, June 8 June 8: Production mgt. job; verification, non-QM corresp., AI/POS products; upcoming webcasts; non-Agency product news
• Saturday, June 6 June 6: Big retail union; vendor product news; Enforcement action update; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes’ BBYS for brokers
• Friday, June 5 June 5: LO jobs; tech stack mgt, verification, DSCR, 2nd products; in-person mortgage events; What’s moving rates?
• Thursday, June 4 June 4: Ops jobs; non-QM, credit, MERS, Realtor lead gen tools; Section 8 & RESPA change afoot? loanDepot case developments
• Wednesday, June 3 June 3: Servicing, AE jobs; Secondary execution, broker contest, commercial products; webinars of note; Bill Pulte’s job move?
• Tuesday, June 2 June 2: AE, LO, servicing jobs; verification, AI automation, MERS audit, lead source products; webinars & podcasts today & tomorrow
• Monday, June 1 June 1: Servicing mgt. job; non-QM, HELOC, AI, LOS, eVault tools; gov’t loan program changes; bond investor thinking
• Friday, May 29 May 29: LO, Ops jobs; partnerships sought; hedging, non-QM, FCRA credit reports, PreQual, non-Agency product news
• Thursday, May 28 May 28: EVP Production job; hedging, verification, CRM, AI, automated pricing, fraud detection tools; STRATMOR on AI & borrower trust
• Wednesday, May 27 May 27: AE jobs, corresp. transitions; AI leveraging, lead engagement, servicing, compliance tools; Non-Agency product news
• Tuesday, May 26 May 26: Builder JV, TPO lender available; HELOC, HOA lien monitoring, AI, developer platform tools; webinars coming your way
• Friday, May 22 May 22: MI, LO jobs; credit & verification, warehouse, AI processing tools; Basel III update; rates higher for longer?
• Thursday, May 21 May 21: U/W mgr., AE jobs; hedging, verification, servicing, QC, reverse products; Road to Housing Bill status; Jerry Seinfeld & the MBA
• Wednesday, May 20 May 20: MI, broker jobs; Strategic partner sought; TPO non-QM, vendor strategy, cybersecurity tools; NY conference talk; Fed raise coming?
• Tuesday, May 19 May 19: Lead mgt., AI mgt., construction, servicing, QC products; NY conference chatter; AI governance; LO comp is in play
• Monday, May 18 May 18: Equity tapping, appraisal job; non-QM hedging, AI processing, subservicing tools; MBA hallway talk; the CFPB lives!
• Saturday, May 16 May 16: Current state of fraud; thoughts on DPA; AI governance practice and other third-party provider news; NY advice
• Friday, May 15 May 15: LO jobs; HELOC, DPA, U/W fees waived products; Delinquencies edge higher; Conv. conforming changes; inflation = higher rates
• Thursday, May 14 May 14: LO jobs; AI MBS trading, AI workflows, sub-servicing, eNote, asset-based lending tools; Colorado revamps AI law
• Wednesday, May 13 May 13: AI, CRM, verification, DSCR, HELOC products; Gov’t program news; Rates & inflation & borrower psychology… inflation is hot
• Tuesday, May 12 May 12: LO jobs; best ex, equity, servicing, AI, valuation tools; job market’s mixed signals; purchase market dragging?
• Monday, May 11 May 11: MI, LO jobs; AI consulting, UAD 3.6, CRA mining, non-Agency search tools; rate cross currents but Fed probably sitting ’til ’27
• Saturday, May 9 May 9: What LOs should know about DPA; hedging in this market; Louisiana’s coast; Saturday Spotlight: Fairway Home Mortgage
• Friday, May 8 May 8: LO jobs coast to coast; BBYS, anti-fraud, subservicing products; Primer hedging information for MLOs
• Thursday, May 7 May 7: LO jobs; hedging & secondary, verification, AI, reverse, ops tools; earnings tell a tale; market muddle Click to teach UTmail Mail this conversation is important
• Wednesday, May 6 May 6: VP Ops, AE jobs; TBA settlement, non-Agency, due diligence, AI, warehouse tools; How old is your house?
• Tuesday, May 5 May 5: LO, AE jobs; Ginnie guide, borrower marketing, e-note products; AI webcast; Advocacy Week approaching
• Monday, May 4 May 4: Employment and transitions; Compliance, surveys, eGuides and webinars; Spector Q&A
• Saturday, May 2 May 2: Thoughts on retaining the borrower, evaluating LO performance, and keeping policy in perspective; compliance matters!
• Friday, May 1 May 1: LO jobs, TPO partner wanted; database mining, commercial, PPE, lead gen tools; non-Agency updates around the biz
• Thursday, April 30 Apr. 30: Cap mkts. Job; Forecasting, data, underwriting tools., credit monitoring tools; Webinars and thought leadership; STRATMOR Insights
• Wednesday, April 29 Apr. 29: CRM, verification, AI, MERS review, fee mgt., credit monitoring tools; Disaster updates; STRATMOR CD workshop
• Tuesday, April 28 Apr. 28: AE, LO, cap. mkts. jobs; investor, workflow, accounting, AI, DPA tools; LOs & technology during growth; Fed meeting starts
• Monday, April 27 Apr. 27: POS, retention tools, Consumer direct workshop and shows; Construction psychology; Data on tap
• Saturday, April 25 Apr. 25: Thoughts on tracking construction loans; Powell/Warsh/Trump; The life of a notary; Saturday Spotlight: NEO Home Loans
• Friday, April 24 Apr. 24: Cap. mkts, LO jobs; Retention, HELOC, digitization, secondary platform, CRA products; lottery psychology; FHA delinquencies
• Thursday, April 23 Apr. 23: Tech job; Specialty AI, pooling, correspondent products; Lender responsibility opinion; webcast specialty shows coming
• Wednesday, April 22 Apr. 22: Hedge mgt., LO jobs; MBS execution, AI, DSCR, processing, HELOC products; Hedge funds, Treasuries, & mortgage rates
• Tuesday, April 21 Apr. 21: VOA, processing, DPA, non-QM, broker products; Lender 2025 volume rankings; attorneys & legal risk; assessing AVM risk
• Monday, April 20 Apr. 20: CU jobs; Best-ex, AI, servicing, borrower acquisition tools; HELOC, non-QM, client funnel products; why are markets on hold?
• Saturday, April 18 Apr. 18: Thoughts on retaining borrowers; States are communicating on compliance; Saturday Spotlight: Kastle; memorable sales speech
• Friday, April 17 Apr. 17: LO, AE jobs, Dark Matter changes; mfg. DPA, QC, AI, data decisioning tools; a strained housing market; insurance/climate interview
• Thursday, April 16 Apr. 16: LO, AE jobs; AOT, warehouse, homebuyer report, , subservicing tools; STRATMOR’s “Who Owns the Borrower?” Population trends
• Wednesday, April 15 Apr. 15: Western AE & mgt. jobs; TBA bidding, HELOC, DSCR, CRM, HMDA analysis, MI tools; in-person events for months to come
• Tuesday, April 14 Apr. 14: AE, Ops Mgr. jobs; MERS review, TPO, virtual LO, digital ass’t, HELOC, warehouse products; Policy moves for LOs to watch
• Monday, April 13 Apr. 13: AI, LOS, subservicing, MERS review, fraud prevention tools; webinars; wholesale & correspondent news
• Saturday, April 11 Apr. 11: Thoughts on customer service, DPAs; Mortgage executive orders; Ginnie Mae: en fuego; Saturday Spotlight: Gershman Mortgage
• Friday, April 10 Apr. 10: Consumer Direct, LO jobs; UAD 3.6, spec pool tools; credit report FICO program; trends for LOs to monitor
• Thursday, April 9 Apr. 9: MLO, AE jobs; Commercial, UAD 3.6, data analysis tools; pieces on AI governance, consistency, and focusing on the basics
• Wednesday, April 8 Apr. 8: LO jobs; Mastermind Summit, property mining, AI processing tools; STRATMOR & subservicing; LOs & re-engaging clients; cease fire & rates
• Tuesday, April 7 Apr. 7: LO, AE jobs; AI ass’t, eSignature, subservicing, AI adoption products; VA servicing and loss mit update: AI news
• Monday, April 6 Apr. 6: Corresp. jobs; BBYS, HELOC processing products; in-person events through year end; population shifts matter
• Saturday, April 4 Apr. 4: Population trends for LOs; Third party provider product news; Saturday Spotlight: Foundation Mortgage
• Friday, April 3 Apr. 3: LO, U/W jobs; AI due diligence, AI guide, data mining tools; investor Agency changes; good stats to help LOs
• Thursday, April 2 Apr. 2: LO, AE jobs; social security, equity, processing tools; Freddie & Fannie shifts… odds of a release from conservatorship slim
• Wednesday, April 1 Apr. 1: LO, AE jobs; Community dev., non-del non-QM, hedging products; credit news runs the gamut
• Tuesday, March 31 Mar. 31: AE, LO jobs; BBYS, cybersecurity, AI, AI ass’t tools; non-Agency news; STRATMOR on owning servicing; who “owns” the borrower?
• Monday, March 30 Mar. 30: U/W, AE, LO jobs; AI/LOS, commercial products; USDA, FHA, VA changes; interviews with Lennar’s Escobar and Vesta’s Yu
• Saturday, March 28 Mar. 28: CrossCountry to buy Two Harbors; escrow interest ruling; vendor news; California MBA & advocacy; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes BBYS
• Friday, March 27 Mar. 27: LO, U/W jobs; verification, non-QM hedging tools; builder trends that impact LOs; student debt news; automation & processing
• Thursday, March 26 Mar. 26: Sec. mktg., U/W, AE, marketing, LO jobs; BI, fraud, non-QM, HELOC products; At what point do you verify something?
• Wednesday, March 25 Mar. 25: Pricing, trading mgr., U/W, broker jobs; non-QM, data source, MI checklist, pipeline valuation class tools; farewell PHH name
• Tuesday, March 24 Mar. 24: AE, LO jobs, eNote, AI, servicing, data tools; trigger lead adjustments; FICO investigation; house appreciation is complicated
• Monday, March 23 Mar. 23: LO jobs; subservicing, LOS, verification tools; STRATMOR on tech & borrower experience; builder M&A; rates driven by war tweet
• Saturday, March 21 Mar. 21: A dive into the UWM/TWO deal issues; credit trend papers to check out; you can’t ignore fuel costs; a nod to Chuck Norris
• Friday, March 20 Mar. 20: LO jobs; Underwriting, insurance, investor reporting products; Two Harbors in play; who’s seeing early payoffs?
• Thursday, March 19 Mar. 19: Cap. mkts tech, U/W, LO jobs; Broker, correspondent, subservicer oversight tools IMB cost still $11k per loan; STRATMOR survey; CrossCountry deal
• Wednesday, March 18 Mar. 18: Underwriting jobs; servicing, CRM, BI, QC, HELOC, TBA, title products; STRATMOR on servicing; UAD 3.6 warning; oil!
• Tuesday, March 17 Mar. 17: AE jobs; Commercial, eClosing, retention, processing tools; wholesaler, corresp. news; False Claims update; MISMO standards
• Monday, March 16 Mar. 16: Sales, mgt. jobs; Processing, bridge loan, non-QM products; news & oil prices point to a Fed hold; “tip to tail” wave
• Saturday, March 14 Mar. 14: ARM biz; DOJ/Fed, IMB/Trump, CrossCountry, Better in the news; Thoughts on staff retention; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes
• Friday, March 13 Mar. 13: CFO, LO jobs; Jumbo construction investor sought; UAD 3.6, AI, processing tools; the undercurrents moving mortgage rates
• Thursday, March 12 Mar. 12: U/W, LO, sales jobs; AI roadmap, UAD 3.6, repurchase tools; False Claims Act rumors; STRATMOR’s subservicing survey; credit trend interview
• Wednesday, March 11 Mar. 11: SoFi LO jobs; fraud guard, cap. mkts. data, QC, POS products; PHH & OptiFunder name news; non-Agency product changes
• Tuesday, March 10 Mar. 10: AE jobs; BBYS, trigger lead, document generation, AI rollout tools; Pennymac’s Spector on strategy; prediction markets & rates
• Monday, March 9 Mar. 9: Non-QM, default support, DSCR products; in-person events; Which lenders are refinancing; Rocket’s Austin Niemiec interview on Compass
• Saturday, March 7 Mar. 7: Economic topics & trends impacting rates and borrower psychology; Compliance & regulatory snacks; AI thoughts
• Friday, March 6 Mar. 6: Reporting coordinator, LO jobs; Partnerships, teams sought; verification tool; company & training webinars; oil-driven inflation
• Thursday, March 5 Mar. 5: LO jobs; wholesale, best ex, verification tools; cybersecurity news & the Figure incident; oil prices hit interest rates
• Tuesday, March 3 Mar. 3: LO, AE jobs; BBYS, lead mgt., U/W, processing, verification tools; recapture webinar; oil prices & mortgage rates
• Monday, March 2 Mar. 2: Commercial for LOs, HELOC, AI/compliance, eNote products; skiing & AI events/training; rates initially rise on war news
• Saturday, February 28 Feb. 28: The Fed can’t control the weather; vendor news; deals in the secondary markets; Saturday Spotlight: Prajna.ai
• Friday, February 27 Feb. 27: LO jobs; fraud, processing, verification waterfall products; Fairway & insurance; conv. conforming changes… UAD 3.6
• Thursday, February 26 Feb. 26: LO jobs; MBS optimization, non-del non-QM, fraud, Realtor mining tools; STRATMOR on momentum; Jamie Dimon, AI, & the markets
• Wednesday, February 25 Feb. 25: Broker jobs; non-QM, QC, cash flow worksheet, virtual economist, home equity closing products; FHA/VA news; rates quiet
• Tuesday, February 24 Feb. 24: LO jobs; Non-QM pricing, documentation, eSignature, AI tools; thoughts on borrower’s new starting point
• Monday, February 23 Feb. 23: LO jobs; exec avail; DSCR, BI, retention, processing tools; correspondent & wholesaler product news; UAD 3.6 interview
• Saturday, February 21 Feb. 21: Ideas on one vs. three credit scores; AI & social status; the gov’t & lending; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes Buy Before You Sell
• Friday, February 20 Feb. 20: Marketing, LO jobs; fraud, retention, marketing tools; thoughts on assessing income; STRATMOR & org. structure; non-Agency updates
• Thursday, February 19 Feb. 19: Prudent AI’s income, correspondent, LOS tools; the Fed’s bank mortgage proposal; STRATMOR on LOs; Elliot Eisenberg interview
• Wednesday, February 18 Feb. 18: AE, LO jobs; LO-centric marketing, credit score products; company-sponsored events; Faith Schwartz interview; the changing role of the LO
• Tuesday, February 17 Feb. 17: TPO mgt. job; AI POS evaluation, non-Agency, servicing BBYS products; originator partner sought; rates continue slide… why?
• Saturday, February 14 Feb. 14: Institutions owning SFH to rent; Credit payment trends; Vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Kastle.ai; Valentine’s Day humor
• Friday, February 13 Feb. 13: LO jobs; LOS, guideline, AI search, non-QM pricing products; FSBO.com acquired; thoughts on measuring creditworthiness
• Thursday, February 12 Feb. 12: Non-QM pricing, appraisal, BI, servicing tools; Interview with Pennymac Chief Strategist; CFPB update; Bevri.ai & NEXA
• Wednesday, February 11 Feb. 11: AE jobs; DPA, HELOC, correspondent eNote, escrow mgt. tools; STRATMOR on IMB concerns; Servicing alarms
• Tuesday, February 10 Feb. 10: Transaction mgr. job; Servicing, QC, workflow, non-Agency products; LOs using tools effectively; STRATMOR tech survey
• Monday, February 9 Feb. 9: Analytics, servicing, AI, warehouse, doctor products; MBS trends impacting borrower rates: credit scores matter
• Saturday, February 7 Feb. 7: UAD 3.6 primer… what every lender should know; Flood policy thoughts; Vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Kastle, the AI platform
• Friday, February 6 Feb. 6: Non-QM AE, LO jobs; BBYS, servicer risk, verification tools; Non-Agency news; why mortgage rates are sticky; Rocket/Redfin ad
• Thursday, February 5 Feb. 5: LO, AE jobs; climate risk, processing, construction, credit score programs; more IMB topics of note; in-person events this month
• Wednesday, February 4 Feb. 4: LO, sales, AE jobs; blockchain, NOO HELOC, RON tools; Better.com CEO’s thoughts; IMB conference observations; CFPB update
• Tuesday, February 3 Feb. 3: Customer intelligence, HELOC, Uplist’s recapture, construction products; rates are driven by markets; IMB hallway report
• Monday, February 2 Feb. 2: Non-QM AE jobs; Mgt. review, BBYS, digital HELOC, non-QM products; Opinions on credit fixes; IMB underway
• Saturday, January 31 Jan. 31: The guts of credit… cost, CFPB, RESBOG, MBA involvement; CFPB exams to drop; Thoughts on world standing; California MBA & wildfires
• Friday, January 30 Jan. 30: SVP Wholesale, Ops, AE & LO jobs coast to coast; verification, licensing tools; Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh primer
• Thursday, January 29 Jan. 29: Non-QM AE, LO jobs; property database, construction, Cannabis programs; Attorney Mitch Kider Thought Leadership; STRATMOR & AI
• Wednesday, January 28 Jan. 28: Ops chief, AE, LO jobs; title strategy, non-Agency, construction capital, workflow tools; housing policy, rates, and $200 billion
• Tuesday, January 27 Jan. 27: Bus. dev., AE, LO jobs; HELOC, non-QM processing, jumbo tools; STRATMOR & housing ecosystem; Rocket lawsuit
• Monday, January 26 Jan. 26: Reverse jobs; AI U/W, borrower retention tools; company-sponsored webinars & training; what’s my gold tooth worth?
• Saturday, January 24 Jan. 24: Thoughts on Pres. Trump taking the right approach; Credit issues still with us; Saturday Spotlight: Fairway Home Mortgage
• Friday, January 23 Jan. 23: Marketing, AE, LO jobs; Settlement agent vetting, servicer efficiency tools; STRATMOR & tech; investors & crypto & DSCR
• Thursday, January 22 Jan. 22: LO jobs, title company partner sought; mandatory, property data, construction products; STRATMOR on operational readiness
• Wednesday, January 21 Jan. 21: LO, broker jobs; borrower mining, MBS bidding, HELOC, DSCR products; LOs add value during current news flow
• Tuesday, January 20 Jan. 20: AE jobs; CD lender wanted; custom software, u/w tools; FHA, USDA news; webinars today & tomorrow; Mitch Kider interview
• Monday, January 19 Jan. 19: Retail mgt., LO jobs; non-QM, DSCR, processing tools; Fannie & Freddie’s stock drop… re-IPO nebulous
• Saturday, January 17 Jan. 17: What is driving mortgage rates; California & AI legislation; Robert Rubin business leader silence; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes BBYS
• Friday, January 16 Jan. 16: U/W, LO jobs; Compliance, servicing, mortgage reset tools; February & March in-person events… book flights
• Thursday, January 15 Jan. 15: CFO job; Hedging, corresp. & broker, servicing, quality management, fraud prevention products; CrossCountry’s CEO Ron L. interview
• Wednesday, January 14 Jan. 14: Title co. sought, LO jobs; hedging, warehouse, BBYS, HELOC products; mortgage apps jump; inflation data tame
• Tuesday, January 13 Jan. 13: LO, Ops jobs; broker, jumbo, verification, climate risk products; CFPB requests money, reverse referral opinion; CPI data
• Monday, January 12 Jan. 12: ICE Experience, AI webinar, LOS, inside sales, BBYS, DSCR products; DOJ/Fed news; Is a cap on credit cards possible? Curinos lock data
• Saturday, January 10 Jan. 10: What keeps the California MBA up at night; economic news originators should know about
• Friday, January 9 Jan. 9: LO jobs; PHH webinar series; Agencies to buy one month’s worth of production – like 2020; in-person events for 2026
• Thursday, January 8 Jan. 8: Sales support job; hedging, PPE, commercial, ATM products; Trump vs. institutional SFH buyers; Texas stock exchange interview; prepayments #’s
• Wednesday, January 7 Jan. 7: AE, L1 President job; Asurity Forum; HELOC, 2nd, non-QM product news & trends; homebuyer demographics
• Tuesday, January 6 Jan. 6: Non-QM jobs; marketing exec avail.; AI, 2nds, servicing tools; M&A news; new fraud scheme; MISMO changes; Trump & affordability
• Monday, January 5 Jan. 5: Lender available; AI, retention, jumbo tools; STRATMOR M&A interview; Lenders from 2006; MAA! Conv. conforming news
• Saturday, January 3 Jan. 3: Zillow vs. Google; thoughts on price analysis; industry thoughts on FHA’s MMI Fund; Saturday Spotlight: MortgageRight
• Friday, January 2 Jan. 2: LO jobs; credit unions & Realtors; HECM, FHA, VA, and USDA product news; home builder pessimism; a fun video about aging

• Wednesday, December 31 Dec. 31: Wholesalers wanted; pricing products; wide Non-Agency changes (Paris Hilton’s loan); NAMB interview on the broker biz
• Tuesday, December 30 Dec. 30: Non-QM, tech jobs; capital markets tools; Mortgages with Millennials today; LOs & 2025; LinkedIn = intellectual isolation ward?
• Monday, December 29 Dec. 29: Tech sales job; IMBs wanted; Pricing product; fraud continues… take your own exams! 2026 in-person events kick off soon
• Saturday, December 27 Dec. 27: AI & workflows; California & per diem interest and other states on other compliance matters; Saturday Spotlight: RatePlug
• Friday, December 26 Dec. 26: LO jobs; non-QM, DSCR, pricing engine products; investor’s conv. conforming news flow continues
• Wednesday, December 24 Christmas Eve: LO jobs; AI POS, subservicing, jumbo products; thoughts on u/w and operating models; Freddie & Fannie news continues
• Tuesday, December 23 Dec. 23: IMBs wanted; HELOC (poem), AI POS, cap mkts tools; delinquencies increasing; loanDepot case ethics motion; Bill Dawley interview
• Monday, December 22 Dec. 22: LO jobs, transitions; broker, HELOC products; loanDepot LO comp case ethics question; dive into data
• Saturday, December 20 Dec. 20: Vendor news; Trump, CFPB, & ECOA; Credit updates & lawsuits; travel scam; Saturday Spotlight: NEO Home Loans
• Friday, December 19 Dec. 19: Advisor, LO jobs coast to coast; credit review, HELOC, 2nd products; news from Freddie & Fannie
• Thursday, December 18 Dec. 18: IMBs wanted; jumbo, hedging, HELOC, custom newsletter products; STRATMOR on why the UWM/TWO deal is important
• Wednesday, December 17 Dec. 17: IMB wanted; AI automation, U/W automation, CRM, Agency CEO pay cap; UAD 3.6 update; economic jitters
• Tuesday, December 16 Dec. 16: Exec available; job placement, cap markets education, servicing, borrower monitoring products; marketing thoughts for 2026
• Monday, December 15 Dec. 15: Recruiting firm, wholesalers wanted; hedging auditor, broker survey, non-QM, DSCR products; AI legislation; rates stagnant
• Saturday, December 13 Dec. 13: HOA mold bankruptcy; Third party provider news & products; Secondary deals; Saturday Spotlight: Kastle AI
• Friday, December 12 Dec. 12: LO jobs; “correspondent in a box;” STRATMOR & borrower psychology; homebuyer assistance question; Philly & Baltimore… uh oh
• Thursday, December 11 Dec. 11: Exec available; correspondent & broker products, LOS, 10T, UAD 3.6 tools; the Fed cuts and mortgage rates shrug
• Wednesday, December 10 Dec. 10: Sales mgt., broker jobs; DPA, quick HELOC, non-QM, processing, AI tools; homebuyer age study
• Tuesday, December 9 Dec. 9: Home equity, borrower mining, Buy before you sell, flood tools; Milliman/MorVest deal; credit cost news; prepayments slowing
• Monday, December 8 Dec. 8: LO jobs, CD lender wanted; Non-Agency, DSCR, eSignature, data analysis tools; deep dive on & about “Fed Week”
• Saturday, December 6 Dec. 6: Books for presents by those in our biz, about the biz; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes Buy Before You Sell
• Friday, December 5 Dec. 5: Partnerships sought, LO jobs; earned equity, HELOC, CRM, AI agent, DSCR hedging products; conventional conforming changes
• Thursday, December 4 Dec. 4: Education sales, LO jobs; Home value, due diligence, AVM, refi mining products; extensive HELOC, DSCR, non-QM product changes
• Wednesday, December 3 Dec. 3: Tech exec jobs; DPA, DSCR processing, Buy before you Sell products; FDM/AHM partnership; LOs & MISMO; MBA’s Marica Davies interview
• Tuesday, December 2 Dec. 2: AE jobs, TX broker wanted; jumbo, processing, AI, 2nd products; current state of M&A and partnerships
• Monday, December 1 Dec. 1: AE, LO jobs; DSCR, non-QM, FHA loss mit products; AI, broker, borrower-focused webinars; STRATMOR on 2026 growth areas
• Friday, November 28 Nov. 28: Coast to coast jobs, and a career agent; hodge podge of economic news; improved pull through = lower cost/loan
• Wednesday, November 26 Nov. 26: AE, LO jobs; credit union compliance, HELOC products; Conventional Conforming loan limits go up & other F&F news
• Tuesday, November 25 Nov. 25: Education sales job; Education, webinars, compliance, broker products; MBA on credit costs; LO strategy for aging buyers; Pulte & grand jury
• Monday, November 24 Nov. 24: LO, senior production jobs; exec available; HELOC, CES, automation, climate analysis products; webcasts this week
• Saturday, November 22 Nov. 22: NAR on 2026; the Wall Street Journal on Director Pulte’s time in office
• Friday, November 21 Nov. 21: LO jobs; Hedging, broker database, distributed meeting AI ass’t tools; Experian on renter’s thoughts; Director Pulte a liability?
• Thursday, November 20 Nov. 20: Servicing, default, remote office, verification tools; Pennymac CEO on servicing; IMB profit numbers; cash-strapped CFPB?
• Wednesday, November 19 Nov. 19: IT sales, Home equity TPO jobs; QC report, relationship, mobile lock tools; Zillow & ChatGPT; PHH reverse mortgage sale to FAR
• Tuesday, November 18 Nov. 18: IMB wanted, AE jobs, recruiter, cap mkts execs available; AVM, marketing, tax service, block chain tools; Deep dive on Lisa Cook & alleged fraud
• Monday, November 17 Nov. 17: AI outreach, loan loss, credit, reverse tools; STRATMOR on LO gratitude; Portable mortgages? Nope; MBA’s Joel Kan interview
• Saturday, November 15 Nov. 15: The uneven cost of compliance; delinquency figures; thoughts on GSE MBS purchases; Third party provider news
• Friday, November 14 Nov. 14: LO jobs; HELOC, meeting software, MSR valuation tools; M&A for servicing; Freddie & Fannie & price fixing? Extension cost primer
• Thursday, November 13 Nov. 13: BI analyst, Investor Ops jobs; data intelligence, CTP products; compliance warning about Thanksgiving; another Fed president to leave
• Wednesday, November 12 Nov. 12: Corres. & wholesale AE jobs; non-QM, broker, AMC, LO survey results; warehouse tools; fast-approaching webinars
• Tuesday, November 11 Veteran’s Day: Broker, home equity processing, DPA, delinquency automation tools; 50-year amortization pricing; LOs in the world of AI
• Monday, November 10 Nov. 10: Mgt. & AE jobs; tax service, Realtor marketing, debt payment tools; Curinos on apps; plan for in-person events
• Saturday, November 8 Nov. 8: Builders & unsold homes; high bal primer; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Foundation Mortgage; old person joke
• Friday, November 7 Nov. 7: LO jobs; Non-QM, lock service, valuation M&A, borrower satisfaction, ARM hedging tools; Robinhood enters mortgage
• Thursday, November 6 Nov. 6: Leadership, LO jobs; AI processing, borrower experience & targeting tools; the labor market is being pummeled
• Wednesday, November 5 Nov. 5: Servicing buyer; LO jobs, execs available; broker, non-QM, compliance, workflow, AI, tax tools; ADP jobs data & rates
• Tuesday, November 4 Nov. 4: Correspondent & wholesale product news; CUs & Realtors, borrower engagement tools; LOs & regulatory readiness; Why have rates gone up?
• Monday, November 3 Nov. 3: AE job; secondary exec. available; non-QM, 2nds, marketing products; deep dive on “data-less” capital markets
• Saturday, November 1 Nov. 1: Thoughts on GSE privatization, owing their own securities, and watching lender/vendor collaboration; vendor updates
• Friday, October 31 Halloween: Non-QM AE, LO jobs; recruiter service; servicing strategy, HELOC, tax tools; interview on rate movement;”subject to”…assumable GSE loans?
• Thursday, October 30 Oct. 30: Ops mgr., LO jobs; non-QM hedging, best-ex, compliance tools; internet webinars & training; Freddie & Redwood’s earnings
• Wednesday, October 29 Oct. 29: AE, LO jobs; Hedging, HELOC, servicing oversight, AI assisted branding products; Fannie’s 31st consecutive quarterly profit
• Tuesday, October 28 Oct. 28: CTO, LO jobs; correspondent, buy before you sell, verification cascade tools; conventional conforming product changes; foreign buyer stats
• Monday, October 27 Oct. 27: Property data collection, LO jobs; warehouse, PPE/LOS, electronic notary tools; non-Agency product changes; student debt stats
• Saturday, October 25 Oct. 25: A primer on why, financially, releasing Freddie & Fannie is a nightmare; Saturday Spotlight: AI company Pranjna.ai
• Friday, October 24 Oct. 24: LO jobs; Agent service; property tax, warehouse, reverse services; in-person events into 2026; CPI as expected
• Thursday, October 23 Oct. 23: Recruiter, LO jobs; Agency approval, audit, agent targeting, social media compliance tools; Aggregator & non-Agency product news
• Wednesday, October 22 Oct. 22: LO jobs; automated QC, sec. marketing, compliance, processing tools; AI considerations for lenders; the importance of fulfillment
• Tuesday, October 21 Oct. 21: AI, reverse, commercial, underwriting, AVM tools; LOs and technology; non-QM and HELOCs… catch the wave
• Monday, October 20 Oct. 20: LO jobs; bank statement, DSCR, LOS, CE, compliance tools; conference chatter about credit & agency news
• Saturday, October 18 Oct. 18: Bitcoin scam; thoughts on affordability; Fed’s deep dive on Texas, immigration, construction, and its slowing economy
• Friday, October 17 Oct. 17: Recruiter, LO jobs; TBA, appraisal, reverse mortgage tools; STRATMOR on AI & competition; Can the CFPB be willed away?
• Thursday, October 16 Oct. 16: LO jobs; rate sheet, AI, verification, servicing, flood tools; primer on what builders can & can’t do
• Wednesday, October 15 Oct. 15: LO jobs; borrower monitoring, AI processing, DPA, verification tools; coming up in-person events; robots will do what?
• Tuesday, October 14 Oct. 14: LO jobs; signing, borrower retention & capture, LOS, QC audit, AVM tools; slowing economy = lower rates
• Monday, October 13 Oct. 13: LO jobs; subservicing, CRM, underwriting tools; investor changes run the gamut; what the Fed is saying
• Saturday, October 11 Oct. 11: WSJ’s opinion on Freddie & Fannie & homebuilders; wide-ranging vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes
• Friday, October 10 Oct. 10: LO, U/W jobs; jumbo investor sought; Audit, interest rate risk products; Gov’t program news; Home Builder interview
• Thursday, October 9 Oct. 9: Underwriting jobs; Sec. marketing, DPA, eNote, credit tools; F&F open for business and conv. conforming changes roll on
• Wednesday, October 8 Oct. 8: Regional mgr., AE, LO jobs; trading, non-QM, fraud detection tools; Equifax’s price cut; fast approaching webinars & events
• Tuesday, October 7 Oct. 7: Non-QM, accounting, settlement, POS, borrower assistance tools; LOs and compassion; rates treading water
• Monday, October 6 Oct. 6: AE jobs; Trading, TPO training, verification tools; investor shut down news; Fifth Third/Comerica deal… more on the way?
• Saturday, October 4 Oct. 4: Thoughts on the shutdown & lenders; UWM’s legal decision, and title insurance; Saturday Spotlight: Prajna.ai
• Friday, October 3 Oct. 3: LO, U/W jobs; hedging, homeowner intelligence, AI agent tools; Agency shutdown developments; California MBA CEO interview
• Thursday, October 2 Oct. 2: LO jobs; Commercial, borrower mining, LOS tools; FICO’s Direct License Program; Lisa Cook on hold til January
• Wednesday, October 1 Oct. 1: LO, AE jobs; MBS, non-QM, HELOC, processing tools; Pennymac’s CEO Spector, unfiltered; LO shutdown considerations
• Tuesday, September 30 Sep. 30: TPO, LO, U/W jobs; reverse, commercial, NMLS education products; STRATMOR on borrower experience; LOs & reverse mtgs.
• Monday, September 29 Sep. 29: U/W, LO jobs; automation, subservicing, DSCR, CRM tools; this week’s webinars & events; CFPB mortgage stats
• Saturday, September 27 Sep. 27: Home buying strategy may be changing; AI and boardrooms; Third-party provider news runs the gamut
• Friday, September 26 Sep. 26: Underwriting, LO jobs; reverse, non-QM, borrower-mining tools; F&F withdraw from NGFS; tariffs & inflation dominate the news
• Thursday, September 25 Sep. 25: Loan pricing, AI marketing, fee collection, QC, borrower mining tools; $2 trillion in 2025? Non-Agency marches on; reno humor
• Wednesday, September 24 Sep. 24: AE jobs; HELOC, reverse, borrower mining, fraud detection tools; MBA & Fannie forecasts; What’s up with Better?
• Tuesday, September 23 Sep. 23: HELOC, AI assistant, CE, recapture products; Erin Dee on market-based affordability; LOs and consumer data
• Monday, September 22 Sep. 22: LO jobs; wholesaler launch, HELOC, borrower service tools; lower rates don’t automatically equal better affordability
• Saturday, September 20 Sep. 20: A tale about not scrimping on marketing dollars; selling a home is expensive; secondary deals; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes
• Friday, September 19 Sep. 19: U/W, LO jobs nationwide; appraisal, borrower mining, rev. mtg. tools; Conv. conforming news; rates creeping up
• Thursday, September 18 Sep. 18: LO jobs; MBS analysis, internal audit, servicing risk, rate reset, market analysis products; Rate’s Spanish program
• Wednesday, September 17 Sep. 17: Broker jobs; TBA, DPA tools; HELOC, 2nd, jumbo, non-QM news; Union Home/Sierra Pacific deal from Management’s view
• Tuesday, September 16 Sep. 16: CIO job; broker, QC products; bank M&A; LOs – know your borrower; interview with Figure’s IPO star Mike Cagney
• Monday, September 15 Sep. 15: AE jobs; Insurance co. investor, UAD 3.6, Hispanic, RON, personal branding tools; TPO product; disaster news
• Saturday, September 13 Sep. 13: Cook’s docs show 2nd home; What if Pres. Trump controlled the Fed; Equity Prime & FHA lending; Saturday Spotlight: LicensingStore
• Friday, September 12 Sep. 12: LO & branch mgr. jobs; 2nd, database mining, manufactured housing products; weak job market impacting rates
• Thursday, September 11 9-11: Recapture, compliance, marketing, warehouse mgt. tools; Webinars & training in the last week; 10-year yield hits 4.00
• Wednesday, September 10 Sep. 10: Non-QM, post-closing, QC, warehouse products; Pulte vs. Bessent; Conventional conforming updates; nice jump in apps
• Tuesday, September 9 Sep. 9: HELOC, DPA, non-QM, merge assistance tools; Pennymac/Vesta deal; LOs & consistency; Fannie issuance dropping
• Monday, September 8 Sep. 8: Tech sales job, lender wanted; LOS, title, social media training tools; Financial literacy; What the employment data portends
• Saturday, September 6 Sep. 6: Primer on financials of Agencies & GSE conservatorship; thoughts on ARMs & HELOCs; Saturday Spotlight: Kastle, for your AI needs
• Friday, September 5 Sep. 5: LO jobs; bridge loan, investment property, default tools; remote training & webinars; job data solidifies Fed rate cut
• Thursday, September 4 Sep. 4: SVP, AE, LO jobs; corresp. & wholesale, credit, AI asst., warehouse products; floodgate of in-person events opens
• Wednesday, September 3 Sep. 3: AE, bank LO jobs; Processing, AML, prospecting tools; HELOC & Pennymac’s non-QM news; LOs & database importance
• Tuesday, September 2 Sep. 2: LO jobs; Loss mit, data mining, pre-approval letter tools; jumbo, HELOC, non-Agency news; watch those student loans
• Saturday, August 30 Aug. 30: Fraud is fraud is fraud… the WSH weighs in; third-party provider updates; a fine made-up Ghandi tale
• Friday, August 29 Aug. 29: Sales manager job; Loan calculator and verification tools; Event calendar; Insurance costs; Mortgage Banking Bound interview
• Thursday, August 28 Aug. 28: New jobs; Tools for lenders and brokers; Homebuyer survey interview; Government programs; CFPB rule making
• Wednesday, August 27 Aug. 27: Cost to originate; Automatic lender, custom software; Disaster news; Mr. Cooper acquisition; Fed independence
• Tuesday, August 26 Aug. 26: LO Comp; Fannie ticket, custom software, job board; Stratmor CX, industry events; Trump shapes the Fed
• Monday, August 25 Aug. 25: Compliance job; retention, warp drive, events postings; ICE mortgage performance; Powell speech
• Saturday, August 23 Aug. 23: LOs look at both sides; Role of the Federal Reserve; GSEs and Army Corps of Engineers; Saturday Spotlight: Moder
• Friday, August 22 Aug. 22: Jobs galore; Innovative products, retention, Marketplace; Fair lending litigation; Powell speech
• Thursday, August 21 Aug. 21: LO Comp; CD webinar, API integrations, and customer pipelines; mortgage fraud accusations; Treasury buyer profiles
• Wednesday, August 20 Aug. 20: Finance jobs; Broker services, HELOC, best practices, debt tools; Voice of the Industry; MBA applications
• Tuesday, August 19 Aug. 19: AE jobs; Cap. mkts. class, AI, SOC, credit union, home equity tools; LOs & the HELPER Act; STRATMOR & verification trends
• Monday, August 18 Aug. 18: U/W, AE, LO jobs; PPE, credit, compliance, QC tools; events, webinars, & training; why the ARMs market?
• Saturday, August 16 Aug. 16: Thoughts on the CFPB’s future; Homebuyer study; Vendor news incl. AI glossary; Saturday Spotlight: LicensingStore
• Friday, August 15 Aug. 15: AE, LO jobs; Borrower navigation & retention products; Strong non-QM investor demand; Econ news & predictions; Ginnie growth
• Thursday, August 14 Aug. 14: U/W, LO jobs; Loan trading, fee cure, VA IRRRL, UAD 3.6 tools; Ginnie (FHA & VA) issuance rising
• Wednesday, August 13 Aug. 13: Non-QM AE, broker jobs; TBA trading, servicing, DPA, HELOC products; CFPB & regulations shifting… GA did what? ARMs are here!
• Tuesday, August 12 Aug. 12: LO jobs; Variable rate HELOC, fraud, marketing tools; LOs should educate borrowers; Inflation data as expected; ARM market ahead?
• Monday, August 11 Aug. 11: AE jobs; JV capital wanted; Non-del, compliance, 5/1 ARM, digital asset regulation tools; FHA, VA, USDA news
• Saturday, August 9 Aug. 9: Opinions on BLS firing and flood risk; SRO & BNPL updates; Vendor product news; Saturday Spotlight: MortgageRight
• Friday, August 8 Aug. 8: Bank LO/mgt. jobs; 2nds, HELOC, warehouse products; Better.com earnings; upcoming in-person events; AI & threatened jobs
• Thursday, August 7 Aug. 7: Bank LO, public policy jobs; loan delivery, warehouse, compliance webinar, workflow tools; UWM earnings, misc. wholesale & corresp. news
• Wednesday, August 6 Aug. 6: DPA, HELOC, document, non-QM, pooling products ; vetting attorneys; conf. conventional changes & news
• Tuesday, August 5 Aug. 5: AE, LO jobs; TPO team avail.; non-QM, housing trend, servicing tools; LOs building a framework; MAA news & MBA Chair interview
• Monday, August 4 Aug. 4: AE, LO jobs, IT exec avail.; Non-Del, eVault, bank statement programs; trigger lead & credit news runs the gamut
• Saturday, August 2 Aug. 2: Thoughts on firing the head of the BLS, vacation market conditions, the GSEs; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Finance of America
• Friday, August 1 Aug. 1: Ops, LO jobs; AI exec available; tradeshow strategy, verification tools; AI legal case of note; job data drops rates
• Thursday, July 31 July 31: Growth officer, LO, IT hedging jobs; processing, HELOC tools; FEMA & detention center funding? Freddie’s net worth hits $65 billion
• Wednesday, July 30 July 30: TPO exec., LO, AE jobs; jumbo, non-QM products; STRATMOR on servicing strategy; Fannie & Redwood earnings; LO Comp rule thoughts
• Tuesday, July 29 July 29: AE, LO jobs; hedging, borrower experience, executive hedging course; LOs controlling their funnel; housing numbers… meh
• Monday, July 28 July 28: MI rep, LO jobs; warehouse, MSR financing, productivity tools; training & webinars this week; ABA interview
• Saturday, July 26 July 26: Why inventory has increased; STRATMOR, rankings, & customer service; What is moving rates; Saturday Spotlight: Moder
• Friday, July 25 July 25: LO, AE jobs; Non-del, lock desk, HELOC products; HUD, FHA, and Ginnie news; unscripted Powell and Trump
• Thursday, July 24 July 24: Hedging, correspondent, AI answer, subservicing, processing, fee modeling tools; classes, training, & webinars coming soon
• Wednesday, July 23 July 23: LO jobs; Corresp. & wholesale, jumbo, compliance, AI tools; CFPB warning; Elizabeth Warren & Bill Pulte; non-Agency news
• Tuesday, July 22 July 22: LO jobs, TPO lender available; marketing, processing, servicing tools; STRATMOR on revenue growth; FHA, EPDs, and disasters; LOs and videos
• Monday, July 21 July 21: National TPO sales, chief credit, AE, LO jobs; Fannie ticket available; broker, fraud prevention, AI HELOC tools; in-person events
• Saturday, July 19 July 19: Letters on LO comp lawsuit, signing bonuses, and tariffs; Securitization news; Saturday Spotlight: Finance of America
• Friday, July 18 July 18: LO jobs; broker, warehouse, valuation tools; loanDepot LO comp lawsuit that every MLO should watch; MBA’s MAA campaign
• Thursday, July 17 July 17: Sales, leadership jobs; HMDA review, corresp., data mining, processing tools; news on Agency credit scoring; mortgage humor
• Wednesday, July 16 July 16: Broker jobs; TBA settlement, processing, HELOC, purchase advice mgt. tools; JPMorgan to charge for info? Gig economy jobs
• Tuesday, July 15 July 15: LO jobs; Corresp. & wholesale, internal audit, verification products, Redlining webinar; When LOs should prospect; Bank M&A
• Monday, July 14 July 14: AE jobs, HUD DE lender wanted; HELOC, servicing, AI fee research tools; webinars & training this week; anti-poaching interview
• Saturday, July 12 July 12: Bill Pulte on Jerome Powell; Letters on gift letter fraud, LO comp changes; Saturday Spotlight: RatePlug
• Friday, July 11 July 11: LO, AE jobs; AI retention, jumbo AUS, bridge, HELOC products; wholesale & investor news; classic gov’t joke/puzzler
• Thursday, July 10 July 10: LO jobs; hedging, fraud protection, QC products; FHA, USDA programs sweeping changes; interview with Pennymac’s Kim Nichols
• Wednesday, July 9 July 9: AE jobs; non-QM DPA, accounting, lead-gen tools; Pulte stuns the credit world… Will future GSE moves be as cavalier?
• Tuesday, July 8 July 8: Branch opportunities; MSR exchange, DSCR, DPA/energy, automated bank statement analysis tools; LO comp changes on the table
• Monday, July 7 July 7: LO jobs; broker prospecting, fee collection, HELOC products; webinars & training this week; Disaster & FEMA updates
• Thursday, July 3 July 3: LO jobs; LO assistant, HELOC products; bank builder JV; customer service & compliance; employment data drives rates up
• Wednesday, July 2 July 2: TPO teams wanted; processing, lead-gen tools; HELOCs, 2nds, non-Agency sector on fire; Maryland’s DSCR appraisal controversy
• Tuesday, July 1 July 1: AE, SVP jobs; FICO simulation, Georgia servicing, recapture tools; What LOs should be doing now; Any politician care about deficits?
• Monday, June 30 June 30: SVP TPO job; automation, HELOC products; the current state of regulation & compliance; interest rates sagging
• Saturday, June 28 June 28: CHLA & LO comp; Redlining differences defined; Vendor news; What $295k buys in college towns; Saturday Spotlight: Restb.ai
• Friday, June 27 June 27: Sales mgt, TPO team wanted; HELOC, ops tools; STRATMOR & servicing; the importance of Marketing; Freddie Fannie news
• Thursday, June 26 June 26: LO jobs; hedging, processing, community lending, servicing, mortgage intelligence tools; probably change in capital rule turning heads
• Wednesday, June 25 June 25: LO, AE jobs; TBA trading, servicing compliance, digital marketing, DPA products; Bank M&A continues; why rates are falling
• Tuesday, June 24 June 24: Corres. AE job; SOC, warehouse, legal guidance tools; webinar on comp; LOs as financial advisors; rates rangebound
• Monday, June 23 June 23: MI job; HELOCs & 2nds, doc tracking, execution, POS, webinars & training this week; rates steady despite Iran conflict
• Saturday, June 21 June 21: Goldman Sachs on rates and the economy; vendor news from soup to nuts; Saturday Spotlight: Finance of America
• Friday, June 20 June 20: Retail jobs; digital HELOC, appraisal review products; background AI; hurricane season is here; rates snoozing
• Thursday, June 19 June 19: Housing data, workflow, corresp. eNote products; Guild deal… do branches have value anymore? STRATMOR on customer service
• Wednesday, June 18 June 18: LO jobs; HELOC, marketing, down payment products; STRATMOR tech survey; compliance based on customer expectations
• Tuesday, June 17 June 17: AE, LO, reverse jobs; marketing, broker, processing, MSR trading platform products; LOs and MISMO; this week’s webinars & training
• Monday, June 16 June 16: Reverse mortgage jobs; Cook County DPA, processing automation, LO pricing tools; mortgage cost map; conv. conf. news
• Saturday, June 14 June 14: CEO’s thoughts on credit proposals; conference humor; vendor news; cities growing again; Saturday Spotlight: ProxyPics
• Friday, June 13 June 13: LO jobs; 2nd lien reverse, borrower aid, legal counsel products; FHA, USDA, VA changes; FBC rebrand; U.S. rates steady despite Iran/Israel fight
• Thursday, June 12 June 12: Correspondent, jumbo, POS tools; Fairway/Hallmark deal; HELOC, 2nd, non-QM news; webinars to end the week
• Wednesday, June 11 June 11: Brokers wanted; M&A continues, processing, non-QM, LOS, warehouse tools; legal firm & compliance news… LO comp again?
• Tuesday, June 10 June 10: LO Survey; dashboard, MERS audit, POS, servicing, internal audit tools; LOs & real estate agents; uh oh: price cuts and inventory increases
• Monday, June 9 June 9: LO jobs; fee cure, short-term rental appraisal, servicing, risk, move-up buyer products; Freddie & Fannie news
• Saturday, June 7 June 7: MLOs & wisdom; Regulations shifting to states; Rates… here a while; Rental housing increase; Saturday Spotlight: Go Moder
• Friday, June 6 June 6: Correspondent, warehouse, HELOC, broker, coaching products; Training & events in the next few weeks; fresh jobs data
• Thursday, June 5 June 5: Hedging, reverse 2nd lien, HELOC, borrower portal, broker, 2nd mortgage products; good Florida insurance news
• Wednesday, June 4 June 4: COO job; MBS pooling, HELOC, verification tools; Listings hit all-time high; Marginal costs to produce a loan; credit cost interview
• Tuesday, June 3 June 3: LO jobs; borrower psychology, marketing, DSCR, AUS for non-QM tools; note on LO strategy; supply manager’s telling comments
• Monday, June 2 June 2: Tech, AE mgt. jobs; POS, borrower interface, ops, verification tools; CSS = utility? Conv. conforming news; don’t bank on lower rates
• Saturday, May 31 May 31: The financial role of credit unions; Household well-being survey; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: TRAiNED, Inc.
• Friday, May 30 May 30: LO jobs; Correspondent DPA, equity, home equity products; Training & webinars to start June; STRATMOR on navigating DC
• Thursday, May 29 May 29: Compliance, Ops jobs; AI hedging, application, processing tools; Builder & lender M&A continues; Freddie & Fannie saga continues
• Wednesday, May 28 May 28: AE, LO jobs; MBS pooling, CRM, processing tools; Second, HELOC, ITIN, jumbo product news; builder CEO survey
• Tuesday, May 27 May 27: Legal transitions & lender services; Servicing, MERS review, broker training; Disaster news is rampant; Bill Dallas podcast interview
• Saturday, May 24 May 24: Letter on Common Securitization Solutions becoming a utility; Wells Fargo’s economists on U.S. manufacturing; Vendor news
• Friday, May 23 May 23: Tech, LO jobs; Servicing with AI, borrower portal, new 2nd lien products; Bill Pulte, Freddie, and Fannie; Can M&A lead to growth?
• Thursday, May 22 May 22: People moves; hedging with AI, non-QM, QC trends, past borrower mining tools; House passes spending bill; webinars through month-end
• Wednesday, May 21 May 21: Tech, LO jobs; Non-QM, post-closing, POS, warehouse products; Vendor Marketplace; FHA, VA, and Ginnie in the news
• Tuesday, May 20 May 20: Exec. available, automation pilot; MBA pooling, marketing, cyber insurance, processing tools; MBA Open Door Auction
• Monday, May 19 May 19: Non-QM jobs; POS, LOS, HELOC, legal products; IMB per loan is still a loss; It’s hard to have lower rates with our debt situation
• Saturday, May 17 May 17: LLPAs & 2nd home prices; LO/trainer/lender lawsuit; Moody’s U.S. downgrade; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Go Moder
• Friday, May 16 May 16: AE, LO jobs; DSCR sales, processing, UAD 3.6, homebuyer, LO locking tools; STRATMOR tech survey; primer on basis points
• Thursday, May 15 May 15: CFO, LO jobs & transitions; Workflow, 2nd, portfolio, bridge, LOS products; Pulte interview; Rocket & prepayment speeds
• Wednesday, May 14 May 14: Compliance, AE jobs, broker positions; non-QM, automatic admin, due diligence tools; M&A for lenders & vendors continue
• Tuesday, May 13 May 13: LO jobs; attorneys wanted; compliance, dashboard, origination tools; eNote news; new econ book; Conv. conforming changes
• Monday, May 12 May 12: AE jobs; Coaching; Workflow, LO mobile app, AI products; Economist Selma Hepp interview; training & podcasts this week
• Saturday, May 10 May 10: Diamonds & homes; Rocket Cos.’ stark earnings; STRATMOR Tech Survey; Car insurance & tariffs; Vendor news & products
• Friday, May 9 May 9: LO jobs, transitions; HELOC, process automation, Buy Before You Sell tools; Trump Admin. vs. disaster monitoring; Guild earnings; Innovators conference
• Thursday, May 8 May 8: MISMO President job; servicer oversight, vendor management, CU member mining, VA, compliance tools; tariffs & remodeling
• Wednesday, May 7 May 7: Free coaching; DPA, AI, processing, verification tools; UWM stock hits all-time low; STRATMOR Tech Survey; interview on fraud threats
• Tuesday, May 6 May 6: STRATMOR’s tech survey results; commercial appraisal, non-QM investor, compliance tools; AI generated legal work; conv conf news
• Monday, May 5 May 5: Tech, AE, LO jobs; Pre-qual, fee collection, jumbo, software designing tools; training, webinars, and events this week
• Saturday, May 3 May 3: Reader thoughts on disparate impact changes, the jobs data, GDP & tariffs, Cinco de Mayo; vendor news from soup to nuts
• Friday, May 2 May 2: LO jobs; LO/borrower engagement, HELOC, LO tech tools; Agency & investor news runs the gamut; fairly strong jobs numbers
• Thursday, May 1 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
• Wednesday, April 30 Apr. 30: AE jobs, people moving; buy before you sell, jumbo, CRM tools; climate & catastrophes: who’s watching? Fannie earnings
• Tuesday, April 29 Apr. 29: Non-QM AE, LO jobs; books for LOs; tech change, borrower communication tools; webinars & training this week; Audrey Boissoneau interview
• Monday, April 28 Apr. 28: Pres. of Production, LO jobs; non-QM, reverse, productivity, AVM, AI tools; investor & lender results: it’s still tough out there
• Saturday, April 26 Apr. 26: New book on cap markets; Goldman Sachs on tariffs and a recession; Trump & disparate impact; SWBC Mortgage
• Friday, April 25 Apr. 25: LO, AE jobs; title & flood ordering tool; Maryland changes licensing; upcoming in-person conferences; perspective on the CFPB
• Thursday, April 24 Apr. 24: Controller, AE jobs; loan delivery, borrower search products; AI & lending; MAA Action Week; bank & CU M&A heating up
• Wednesday, April 23 Apr. 23: Tech, AE, LO jobs; warehouse, AI scenario, processing tools; Freddie & Fannie changes; Mr. Cooper’s new MBS
• Tuesday, April 22 Apr. 22: LO, AE jobs; hedging; CalHFA, non-QM, compliance, processing tools; margin management info; webinars & training this week
• Monday, April 21 Apr. 21: LO jobs; whole loan trading, POS, AI virtual assistant products; webinars, events, & training; FHA, VA, Ginnie updates
• Saturday, April 19 Apr. 19: 1,500 CFPBers laid off… Or were they? The pros of tariffs from a reader & AI; Vendor updates; Saturday Spotlight: Prudent AI
• Friday, April 18 Apr. 18: Credit analyst, bus. dev., LO jobs; events & training; loss mitigation software; MBA P&L stats; Ohio, UWM, & collusion accusations
• Thursday, April 17 Apr. 17: Cap mkts., AE, LO jobs; lawyers wanted; fraud prevention, loss mit, bridge loan products; cost of hedging; Trump threatens Powell’s job
• Wednesday, April 16 Apr. 16: AE, LO jobs; LOS, servicing, HELOAN, trading, warehouse tools; lender sale; wholesale & correspondent news
• Tuesday, April 15 Tax Day: Sales VP, AE jobs; LOE, delegated, loss mit, CRM, bank statement products; STRATMOR tech study; a money raise
• Monday, April 14 Apr. 14: AE jobs, outsourcing service; POS, bridge, jumbo ARM loan programs; M&A continues as NJ Lenders/Luminate ink deal; dive into rate movement
• Saturday, April 12 Apr. 12: CFPB’s shift; abusive trigger lead news; Vendor M&A and product news; Recessions usually mean lower rates, but maybe in this case…
• Friday, April 11 Apr. 11: LO jobs, tech. writer available; Warehouse product, Innovator Conference; Zillow did what? The story behind Fannie’s firings
• Thursday, April 10 Apr. 10: LO job; hedging, non-QM, DSCR, automatic QC tools; why hedging a pipeline is difficult at best with tariff changes; DC report
• Wednesday, April 9 Apr. 9: AE, LO job, Fannie’s firings; valuation, trading tools; report from Washington DC; builders & housing policy; F&F news; training events
• Tuesday, April 8 Apr. 8: AE, compliance jobs, marketing exec. avail.; DPA, subservicing, credit optimization borrower library tools; could tariffs impact MBS demand?
• Monday, April 7 Apr. 7: Credit Policy VP job; valuation, price specials, referral tools; in-person events to plan on; slow economy = low rates
• Saturday, April 5 Apr. 5: Builder’s tariff win; risks and rewards in GSE privatization; vendor news; states take up abusive trigger leads; portable mortgages
• Friday, April 4 Apr. 4: LO jobs, industry vet moves; subservicer, non-Agency products; trigger leads, HECM, FHA news; slow economy = low rates
• Thursday, April 3 Apr. 3: LO jobs; hedging, HMDA dashboard, verification tools; correspondent & wholesale news: battle of the titans
• Wednesday, April 2 Apr. 2: Reverse, AE, housing dir. jobs; HELOC, credit union, non-QM products; wholesale, reverse, vendor partnership news
• Tuesday, April 1 Apr. 1: Angel Oak/Brookfield deal and more mergers; audit, POS, non-QM, automation tools ; webcasts & training this week
• Monday, March 31 Mar. 31: Corresp., sales jobs; Private label, non-QM products; Rocket/Mr. Cooper deal = $2.1 trillion in servicing; disaster & climate news
• Saturday, March 29 Mar. 29: What is important to a rating agency? Saturday Spotlight: SWBC Mortgage; Print out your SS earnings history
• Friday, March 28 Mar. 28: LO jobs; correspondent, non-QM training, HELOC programs; education, webinars, and events through next week; PCE vs. CPI primer
• Thursday, March 27 Mar. 27: LO, non-QM AE jobs; POS, pricing, video compliance tools; FHA shift on residency requirements; CFPB shift on Townstone
• Wednesday, March 26 Mar. 26: Corresp., Fin. analyst, Controller jobs; Correspondent product; Pulte’s abrupt changes have non-Agency investors licking their chops
• Tuesday, March 25 Mar. 25: LO jobs; Customer experience, set & forget, internal audit, pre-approval tools; CFPB still here; FHA, USDA relentless changes
• Monday, March 24 Mar. 24: HELOC mgt., LO jobs; VA joint loans, non-QM, HELOC, private label products: rankings of top 50 lenders in 2024; deep dive on rates
• Saturday, March 22 Mar. 22: Thoughts on IMB’s future; CFPB hiring back; compliance at the state level; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Docutech
• Friday, March 21 Mar. 21: Polly jobs; AI-powered lending, Day 1 Certainty; new corresp. product tools; abrupt Agency senior management changes
• Thursday, March 20 Mar. 20: Secondary, appraisal, audit products; Freddie employee email news; Western Alliance data breach; thoughts on IMB share
• Wednesday, March 19 Mar. 19: AE, LO jobs; “fourth month” trading, client marketing, HELOC, servicing tools; X employee on Fannie board & other FHFA news
• Tuesday, March 18 Mar. 18: Financial analyst, LO jobs; fee collection, insurance rpt., jumbo, automation products; training & webcasts; condo blacklist?
• Monday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day: AE, LO jobs; POS, commercial, retention, LOS, non-QM tools; disaster news; IMB P&L helped by servicing
• Saturday, March 15 Mar. 15: Thoughts on mortgage banking; vendor news; secondary deals; Saturday Spotlight: TRAiNED, Inc., AI mortgage manufacturing
• Friday, March 14 Mar. 14: AE, LO jobs; financial consulting, loan pricing API, retention, PPE tools; in person events to plan for; MBA & GSEs
• Thursday, March 13 Mar. 13: Correspondent & wholesale news; equity monitoring, AVM, accounting tools; Tech in the capital markets; Non-Agency news
• Wednesday, March 12 Mar. 12: AE, broker jobs; servicing, insurance report, customer mining tools; STRATMOR CD workshop; conventional conforming changes
• Tuesday, March 11 Mar. 11: AE, LO jobs; eMortgage tech, insurance money buyer, AI tools; webcasts & training this week; deep look at rates
• Monday, March 10 Mar. 10: AE, LO jobs; HELOC, processing, compliance tools; Rocket buying Redfin; FHA/VA news; recession fears increasing
• Saturday, March 8 Mar. 8: Primer on privatizing GSEs; vendor news around the biz; Saturday Spotlight: Marr Labs
• Friday, March 7 Mar. 7: Sec. marketing, LO jobs; construction appraisal, verification, HELOC products; webcasts & training next week; jobs data as expected
• Thursday, March 6 Mar. 6: LO jobs; Loan trading, appraisal, production, MSR portfolio tools; HUD to end AFFH Rule, 70k VA job cuts?
• Wednesday, March 5 Mar. 5: AE jobs, new Rate President; production, DPA, HELOC, workflow tools; climate, disaster, & natural hazard updates
• Tuesday, March 4 Mar. 4: Insurance, compliance, customer retention, energy mortgage products; lender mergers continue; training & webinars; lock renegotiation time?
• Monday, March 3 Mar. 3: LO jobs; Compliance, homeowner survey, rate lock comparison tools; UWM earnings; approaching data to drive rates
• Saturday, March 1 Mar. 1: No more chains in football? CFPB update; Whalen on multifamily lending; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Foundation Mortgage
• Friday, February 28 Feb. 28: LO jobs; home price change, customer behavior tools; CFPB drops several cases; gov’t cutbacks & unemployment
• Thursday, February 27 Feb. 27: LO jobs; CA insurance, AI hedging, PPE, fee collection products; Figure/Sixth Street joint venture; Agency news
• Wednesday, February 26 Feb. 26: LO jobs; TBA, processing, 2nd lien, subservicer, solar lending tools; STRATMOR on AI for lenders; conforming conventional news
• Tuesday, February 25 Feb. 25: AE, LO jobs; fast approaching training & events run the gamut; builder news; economic fears push rates down
• Monday, February 24 Feb. 24: HELOC, market intelligence, POS, borrower intention tools; STRATMOR CD workshop; Non-Agency news
• Saturday, February 22 Feb. 22: Take care with FHA DPAs; Politics and lending; Vendor news; 1003 banter; Saturday Spotlight: HomeVision
• Friday, February 21 Feb. 21: LO jobs; verification, LO database, construction appraisal tools; Fiscal vs. monetary policy primer for lenders
• Thursday, February 20 Feb. 20: LO jobs, FHA layoff news; Non-Del, SAM, onboarding, default solutions; webcasts in the next few days; inflation in the news
• Wednesday, February 19 Feb. 19: AE, LO jobs; Non-Agency, HELOC, pre-qual, CRM products; In-person events for your calendar; ugly apps number
• Tuesday, February 18 Feb. 18: LO jobs; pricing, AI, DPA, customer service tools; Bill Emerson interview; training this week; conv. conf. news; STRATMOR CD workshop
• Saturday, February 15 Feb. 15: Redwood Trust results dissected; builders & tariffs; Sovereign Wealth fund explained; Saturday Spotlight: SWBC Mortgage
• Friday, February 14 Feb. 14: LO jobs; CA insurance, warehouse, AI, AVM tools; Fannie earnings and F&F news; Catastrophe impact interview; Occupancy felonies
• Thursday, February 13 Feb. 13: AI hedging, corresp. renovation, processing, QC tools; Fed & homeowner’s insurance; crypto as collateral; Freddie earnings
• Wednesday, February 12 Feb. 12: Retail mgt. job; Non-QM, fee collection cybersecurity tools; Insider’s thoughts on CFPB nominee; LD’s case ends; Brian Hale interview; FHA changes
• Tuesday, February 11 Feb. 11: LO jobs; Marketing, DPA tools; MBA home equity study; training & webinars this week; SISA loans roar back with lenders
• Monday, February 10 Feb. 10: Corresp., LO jobs; TRID fee cure, bridge loan, HELOC products; CFPB on hold; FHA delinquencies climb; BofA/TD Bank MBS deal
• Saturday, February 8 Feb. 8: Vendor news; climate change & home values; humorous predictions; thoughts about the CFPB; simple originator advice
• Friday, February 7 Feb. 7: Sales mgt., LO jobs; compliance, non-Del products; lender’s growth in ’25; chatbot perspective; MBA’s Marcia Davies interview
• Thursday, February 6 Feb. 6: LO jobs; MSR, servicing, customer retention, equity tools; non-Agency news in the primary & secondary markets
• Wednesday, February 5 Feb. 5: LO jobs, tech writer available; HELOC, DPA, pre-approval, CRM, commercial tools; training & webinars; in defense of the CFPB
• Tuesday, February 4 Feb. 4: LO jobs; POS, Texas servicing, FHA DPA tools; VA returns to the office; reactions to tariff yo-yo; CFPB path forward
• Monday, February 3 Feb. 3: AE, LO jobs; Processing, underwriting, broker, LOS products; conv. conforming news; will tariffs slow our economy?
• Saturday, February 1 Feb. 1: Compliance tips & news; demographics on “partnering”; Saturday Spotlight: Prudent AI; “shaggy dog” pun
• Friday, January 31 Jan. 31: AE jobs, companies wanted; FHA underwriting, POS, Community Lending products; Maryland’s lending quagmire; Feb in-person events
• Thursday, January 30 Jan. 30: Cap. mkts., u/w, AE jobs; POS, servicing tools; fraud, home equity, IMB studies; new companies doing new things
• Wednesday, January 29 Jan. 29: Reverse jobs; servicing, operating system, prospecting tools; STRATMOR & profitability; the anatomy of how presidential policy hit lenders
• Tuesday, January 28 Jan. 28: LO, AE jobs; POS, servicing, Fair Lending products; program changes around the biz; opinion on mortgage bond prices
• Monday, January 27 Jan. 27: AE jobs; POS, broker, warehouse, servicing tools; FHA & USDA news; housing affordability relief?
• Saturday, January 25 Jan. 25: Disaster recovery for borrowers; vendor news; drug companies are doing what? Saturday Spotlight: Cenlar
• Friday, January 24 Jan. 24: Marketing job, companies wanted; non-QM products; kickback scheme revealed; lenders helping LA; webinars & training
• Thursday, January 23 Jan. 23: LO jobs; hedging, QC, payment processing, lead gen, HELOC tools; STRATMOR, CX, & profits; primer on tangible net worth
• Wednesday, January 22 Jan. 22: LO, Non-QM sales, financial analyst jobs; Spanish, Housing outlook, DPA products; California fire update; webinars this week
• Tuesday, January 21 Jan. 21: Marketing job; Non-QM, DPA, HELOC, borrower servicing products; FTC & leads; Freddie & Fannie & FHFA in the news
• Monday, January 20 Jan. 20: Financial analyst job; referral, LOS, verification tools; Experian and BMO in the headlines; STRATMOR on CX & profits; CA’s Fair Plan
• Saturday, January 18 Jan. 18: Beware precise forecasts; individual fire protection; military recruiting; Work from home study
• Friday, January 17 Jan. 17: AE jobs, companies wanted; AMC alternative, verification, Realtor fee financing tools; Letter to FHFA director spells things out
• Thursday, January 16 Jan. 16: Partnership sought; Marketing, Cap. Mkts jobs; settlement, warehouse, servicing transfer tools; upcoming training & webinars
• Wednesday, January 15 Jan. 15: Regional sales, broker jobs; wholesale, non-Agency, workflow, servicing, QC audit tools; lender M&A continues
• Tuesday, January 14 Jan. 14: Marketing, SVP, Ops jobs; lender wanted; QuickQual, DPA, HELOC products; Blackstone rent lawsuit; IRS & disaster filing
• Monday, January 13 Jan. 13: AE, LO jobs; non-QM del, income calculator, POS compliance tools; $250 billion disaster primer; The Mortgage Firm & DOJ
• Saturday, January 11 Jan. 11: What the California MBA is watching; the jobs numbers hit mortgage rates; food & inflation; secondary deals
• Friday, January 10 Jan. 10: LO jobs; wholesale & correspondent news; STRATMOR’s Tech survey; M&A alive and well; CA fires impact lives and housing
• Thursday, January 9 Jan. 9: Partnership available, LO jobs; MCT & FICO 10 T, non-QM, AOT tools; conferences in February and beyond
• Wednesday, January 8 Jan. 8: Ownership opportunity; HELOC, jumbo, CRM, servicing tools; conventional conforming news; advocacy!
• Tuesday, January 7 Jan. 7: Promotions & transitions; servicing tools; fee collection, HMDA compliance tools; CFPB, credit reports, & medical debt; FHA, VA, & USDA news
• Monday, January 6 Jan. 6: AE, LO jobs & promotions; non-QM, AI LOS products; webinars & training abound; Freedom’s Stan Middleman interview
• Saturday, January 4 Jan. 4: The MBA’s state-level regulation database; path for Freddie & Fannie’s release; Saturday Spotlight: Polly
• Friday, January 3 Jan. 3: Lenders wanted; Non-QM in wholesale & correspondent; next week’s day of mourning, lenders, and the bond market
• Thursday, January 2 Jan. 2: LO jobs; ICE Experience; Freddie & Fannie Agency updates; apps tumble; are you profitable without servicing?

• Tuesday, December 31 NY Eve ’24: Demographics of wealth; Thought leadership on pipeline pricing; a primer on lock extensions for those who ask for them
• Monday, December 30 Dec. 30: LO jobs, lender wanted; pricing, commercial loan products; a primer for lenders on Treasury auctions; weather damage mounts
• Saturday, December 28 Dec. 28: State-level regs to track; vendor news; Secondary marketing deals; Saturday Spotlight: Prudent AI
• Friday, December 27 Dec. 27: LO jobs; processor efficiency, commercial lending tools; Agency news; tariff primer for lenders; joke for Realtor clients
• Thursday, December 26 Dec. 26: Broker, LO jobs; wholesale & correspondent products; a primer on the MBS market; steepening yield curve
• Tuesday, December 24 Christmas Eve: LO jobs; lender wanted; pricing, dashboard, PR tools; the CFPB, RESPA, Rocket, Walmart, and lawsuits
• Monday, December 23 Dec. 23: LO, AE, Ops jobs; automated marketing, DSCR servicing, pricing tools; Fiserv deal; MBA’s Ginnie proposal
• Saturday, December 21 Dec. 21: The CFPB and Zelle, dead & divorced borrowers, PACE, HMDA… Saturday Spotlight: Foundation Mortgage; a clever poem
• Friday, December 20 Dec. 20: LO, AE, IT, funding jobs; NAR settlement info; TPO products; STRATMOR on 2025 strategies; gov’t shutdown info for lenders
• Thursday, December 19 Dec. 19: Sec. mktg., AE, IT, Ops, LO jobs; Non-QM servicing, HELOC, POS products; FHA news; rates… now what?
• Wednesday, December 18 Dec. 18: LO jobs; price & credit breaks, valuation, verification, marketing tools; Lender & investor FHA & reverse news
• Tuesday, December 17 Dec. 17: Product specialist, LO, FHA jobs; DPA, subservicing, pricing, AVM products; USDA & VA news from the source
• Monday, December 16 Dec. 16: AE jobs, recruiting; homebuyer assistance, pre-qual, AI tools; webinars & training; Fairway CEO Steve Jacobson interview
• Saturday, December 14 Dec. 14: Watch that coffee or vet bill; the regulatory climate; vendor news; secondary deals; Saturday Spotlight: Docutech
• Friday, December 13 Dec. 13: Enterprise AE, LO jobs; new correspondent, fee collection, digital lending products; STRATMOR on CX; Freddie, Fannie, FHFA updates
• Thursday, December 12 12+12=24: Marketing, LO jobs; hedging, HELOC, non-QM, servicing tools; lender rankings by units; MSR market thoughts
• Wednesday, December 11 Dec. 11: Ops, broker, LO jobs; bulk trade, non-QM, DPA, CU strategy, servicing tools; Top 50 lender ranking; thoughts on AI; home seller stats
• Tuesday, December 10 Dec. 10: QC Sales, bus. development jobs; exec avail.; selling tools; thoughts on 2025 tax bill; non-QM & jumbo news
• Monday, December 9 Dec. 9: LO jobs; BI, builder monitoring, AMC, HELOC products; no trigger lead bill; approaching training, events, and webinars
• Saturday, December 7 Dec. 7: Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion; F&F conjecturing; economic morsels; you’ve been hacked: now what? Caitlin Clark’s sponsors pony up
• Friday, December 6 Dec. 6: Exec. available, LO jobs; non-QM jumbo, POS, processing, AI U/W tools; HUD/Rocket suit, CFPB unleashes; Curinos volume stats
• Thursday, December 5 Dec. 5: LO jobs; hedging, wholesale, correspondent, LO survey products; top LO interview; STRATMOR & appraisal underwriting study
• Wednesday, December 4 Dec. 4: CD mgt. job, exec. available; non-QM, subservicer audit, eVault, accounting communication tools; thoughts from a top LO; Chris Whalen interview
• Tuesday, December 3 Dec. 3: Wholesale, MI jobs; broker, DPA, compliance, subservicing products; the cost of buying a home; thoughts of a top LO
• Monday, December 2 Dec. 2: VHAP, HELOC, appraisal review, subservicer review products; webinars & training coming soon; interview with Rate’s Shant Banosian
• Saturday, November 30 Nov. 30: Christmas idea – Books for your staff or friends by/about authors in our biz; vendor updates; inflation from unusual sources
• Friday, November 29 Nov. 29: Lender wanted; LO jobs; PR, dashboard, automation, cap. markets school products; FHA, HECM, HUD updates
• Wednesday, November 27 Nov. 27: LO, AE, Ops jobs; automatic workflow, POS, IRS verification tools; 2025 conforming loan limit changes begin 1/1
• Tuesday, November 26 Nov. 26: SVP of Credit job; exec available; pre-approval letters, IRS verification, DPA tools; Impending changes in regulators; MBA drops forecast
• Monday, November 25 Nov. 25: AE, LO jobs; Verification, servicing, appraisal review tools; webinars and training for December and beyond
• Saturday, November 23 Nov. 23: Thoughts on appraisal waivers, motivating builders, and an Agency shakeup in 2025; vendor news; the ol’ turkey prank
• Friday, November 22 Nov. 22: Ops manager job; eRESI capital infusion, warehouse mgt. tool; Fannie’s forecast & Freddie’s repurchase alternative; turkey humor
• Thursday, November 21 Nov. 21: Correspondent, appraisal waiver, loan sales, fee collection tools; Primer on MBS classes; non-Agency news
• Wednesday, November 20 Nov. 20: U/W, LO, AE jobs; customer service, cybersecurity, LLPA protection tools; STRATMOR on repurchases; Politicians don’t set mortgage rates: policies do
• Tuesday, November 19 Nov. 19: Servicing, LO jobs; jumbo, non-QM, milestone, HMDA review tools; impact of disasters on GSE loans; interview with Cross Country’s Matt Weaver
• Monday, November 18 Nov. 18: LO jobs, personnel moves; FHA, HELOC, VOIE, DPA products; webinars & training this week; climate impact interview
• Saturday, November 16 Nov. 16: The direction of Freddie & Fannie; STRATMOR on customer experience; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion
• Friday, November 15 Nov. 15: LO jobs; secondary, AI workflow, appraisal waiver, HMDA analysis, lead gen tools; MBA reports costs of $10,716 per loan
• Thursday, November 14 Nov. 14: LO jobs & retail transitions; corresp., wholesale, document automation tools; FHA, USDA changes; Mark Calabria interview
• Wednesday, November 13 Nov. 13: Broker opportunities; capital markets class, CFO oversight, correspondent, non-QM products; Freddie & Fannie changes
• Tuesday, November 12 Nov. 12: Product mktg. mgr. job; non-QM, shared appreciation, closed 2nd, AVM, SOC compliance tools; webinars & training this week
• Monday, November 11 Veterans Day: LO job, JV partners, lenders wanted; HELOC, affordable housing, refi analysis tools; primer on why extensions cost money
• Saturday, November 9 Nov. 9: Changes in government personnel ahead? Thoughts on less regulation but higher rates; Saturday Spotlight: MoneyThumb
• Friday, November 8 Nov. 8: Lenders wanted; HELOC, broker, appraisal, DPA products; why credit costs matter; Q3 earnings all over the map
• Thursday, November 7 Nov. 7: Best ex, hiring risk mitigation, DPA, correspondent, dashboard tools; MBA Prez Broeksmit on the election; why rates are up
• Wednesday, November 6 Nov. 6: LO jobs; verification, AI, servicing tools; LO hiring risk mitigation; thoughts on the election, rates, and regulation; apps plummet
• Tuesday, November 5 Election Day: LO jobs; Customer intelligence, LOS, AVM, hedging tools; CU & DOJ & redlining; Freddie & Fannie keep changing things
• Monday, November 4 Nov. 4: Ops, AE jobs, companies wanted; HELOC, Veterans, LOS, insurance products; webinars, events, training this week
• Saturday, November 2 Nov. 2: Job market suggests lower rates; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion; Moet & Chandon vending machines?
• Friday, November 1 Nov. 1: LO jobs; automated servicing, verification, pricing engine tools; investor portal changes; shared appreciation mortgages
• Thursday, October 31 Halloween: Portfolio mgr., production leader jobs; hedging, HMDA compliance, non-QM search, QC tools; FHA & Ginnie news
• Wednesday, October 30 Oct. 30: Retail leader, LO jobs; foreign national, servicing products; events & webinars through Turkey Day; apps drop again
• Tuesday, October 29 Oct. 29: Collections job, brokers and branches wanted; VOIE, POS, servicing tools; Disaster updates; F&F news of note
• Monday, October 28 Oct. 28: Cap mkts, LO jobs; servicers wanted; lead recapture, non-QM, servicing, commercial tools; MBA’s Future Leaders Program opens
• Saturday, October 26 Oct. 26: Thoughts on conference tactics, the deficit, HECMs; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Cenlar
• Friday, October 25 Oct. 25: Bank LO jobs; Ginnie investor, HELOC, broker, correspondent, climate education products; nice new home sales #
• Thursday, October 24 Oct. 24: LO jobs; teams wanted; hedging innovation, PPE, shared appreciation, customer retention tools; STRATMOR on humans vs. AI
• Wednesday, October 23 Oct. 23: Reverse LO jobs; marketing, audit, workflow, CRM products; STRATMOR on home equity; Conv. conforming news
• Tuesday, October 22 Oct. 22: Servicing, marketing, valuation products; training & webinars (many today); STRATMOR’s CD Workshop; Rocket and the DOJ
• Monday, October 21 Oct. 21: Broker education, reverse mortgage, credit report, warehouse products; Disaster news, and a possible solution: What is Nat Cat?
• Saturday, October 19 Oct. 19: Letters about housing materials, Fairway & the DOJ, housing market activity; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion
• Friday, October 18 Oct. 18: Processor, LO jobs; exec available; digital LOS, marketing automation, Realtor strategy tools; FHA & VA news & changes don’t stop
• Thursday, October 17 Oct. 17: LO jobs; correspondent, SMS, social media compliance offerings; vendors raising money & partnering; STRATMOR & loan repurchases
• Wednesday, October 16 Oct. 16: LO, broker jobs; corresp., fraud reporting, compliance, default servicing products; Fairway responds to CFPB/DOJ’s action
• Tuesday, October 15 Oct. 15: Processor job; broker, correspondent, insurance, fee collection tools; catastrophes & disasters hit lenders & servicers
• Monday, October 14 Oct. 14: Talent acquisition job; non-QM, reverse, digital servicing, VOEI tools; 3-D printed houses: cure for storms & costs?
• Saturday, October 12 Oct. 12: Secondary deals (deep dive on manufactured home security); Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion; joke for retired folks
• Friday, October 11 Oct. 11: LO jobs, transitions; loan sale & purchase platform, HELOC, automated servicing call tools; November events; interview with Figure
• Thursday, October 10 Oct. 10: LO opportunity; election prep, correspondent, climate products; TILA, RESPA, False Claims news; TD Bank in the crosshairs
• Wednesday, October 9 Oct. 9: Processing job; DPA, verification, data analysis, AVM tools; webinars & events of note; Florida weather & insurance trauma
• Tuesday, October 8 Oct. 8: Lenders wanted; subservicing, cybersecurity, Hispanic material products; Agency & investor changes; jobs driving rates; who’s selling & why
• Monday, October 7 Oct. 7: AE, Ops jobs; jumbo, non-QM, pricing, HELOC tools; Disasters & catastrophes, and Florida’s insurance woes; 10-year back to 4%
• Saturday, October 5 Oct. 5: Letters on the economy & mortgage rates, 2nd home pricing; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Docutech
• Friday, October 4 Oct. 4: Lenders helping others; digital assistance, AI assistance tools; events & webinars through October; strong employment news
• Thursday, October 3 Oct. 3: Tech, LO jobs; Reg. X, POS, soft-pull, VOE products; conventional conforming changes all over the map; housing supply hits
• Wednesday, October 2 Oct. 2: Lender wanted; broker, renovation, HELOAN, jumbo products; STRATMOR & loan repurchases; webinars & events this week
• Tuesday, October 1 Oct. 1: AE jobs; HELOC, Veteran’s, benchmarking, license tracking tools; FHA changes; Podcast interview with Fannie’s chief economists
• Monday, September 30 Sep. 30: LO jobs, partners wanted; trading app, warehouse, soft pull, reverse products; Helene & other disaster news; Fairway steps up
• Saturday, September 28 Sep. 28: Disasters… the new norm? Fairway reacts to Helene; Opinion about signing bonuses; Saturday Spotlight: Wilqo
• Friday, September 27 Sep. 27: LO jobs; Credit scoring, AI closing, POS tools; STRATMOR & customer experience; today’s live shows; Misc. investor news of note
• Thursday, September 26 Sep. 26: Hedging, correspondent, accounting, pre-qual, auditing tools; lots of VA, USDA, FHA news; dour predictions
• Wednesday, September 25 Sep. 25: LO jobs & promotions; DPA, non-QM, marketing, investor auction products; webinars & events to close out September
• Tuesday, September 24 Sep. 24: Cap. mkts., LO jobs; DPA, servicing, loss mit, borrower retention tools; Disasters: Nature bats last; Hispanic Wealth Project
• Monday, September 23 Sep. 23: AE jobs; commercial, HELOC, productivity, VOIE, LOS, FICO 10T tools; credit tool webinar; LO comp opinion
• Saturday, September 21 Sep. 21: Remember the deficit? Trigger lead news; last time’s government shutdown primer; Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion
• Friday, September 20 Sep. 20: Capital markets, LO jobs; VOE, buydown products; STRATMOR’s view of servicing rights; training & webinars next week
• Thursday, September 19 Sep. 19: Hedging, correspondent, AI, QC findings, non-QM tracking tools; Medicare/SS for clients; bonds “buy the rumor, sell the news”
• Wednesday, September 18 Sep. 18: Broker jobs; Correspondent, AVM, processing tools; Lender M&A continues; Reverse redlining case; STRATMOR on LO & regional pay
• Tuesday, September 17 Sep. 17: DPA, shared appreciation, loss mit, insurance, subservicer oversight products; let the conf. loan limit changes commence
• Monday, September 16 Sep. 16: Recruiting job; Secondary, construction, workflow, HELOC products; Curbio’s settlement; webinars & training this week
• Saturday, September 14 Sep. 14: Be careful with headline language; Letters on immigration, the broker model, and management; Saturday Spotlight: Moneythumb
• Friday, September 13 Sep. 13: LO jobs, partnering companies sought; direct non-Agency buyer; Qualification tool; upcoming in-person conferences
• Thursday, September 12 Sep. 12: Sales mgt., AE jobs; MSR, servicing, QC, productivity products; CFPB fines TD Bank $28 million on credit issues
• Wednesday, September 11 9-11: AE, Ops jobs; DSCR, DPA, corresp. broker programs, conv. conforming nuggets; MBA’s eye on the FHFA; Ginnie’s growth
• Tuesday, September 10 Sep. 10: VOE, subservicing, DPA, HFA, warehouse products; Polly’s capital raise; upcoming events, education, and training
• Monday, September 9 Sep. 9: AE jobs; internal audit, BI, non-QM, LOS, refi research, commercial offering tools; Freddie & Fannie news; housing & politics
• Saturday, September 7 Sep. 7: Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion; Letter on the housing shortage; App data; What if dads gave press conferences?
• Friday, September 6 Sep. 6: LO jobs; Fair Lending, LOS, warehouse tools; the VA & NAR commission changes; jobs data confirms rate direction
• Thursday, September 5 Sep. 5: LO jobs; product search, hedging, marketing, CRM tools; broker products; more on title co. fines; real estate agent stats to know
• Wednesday, September 4 Sep. 4: Commercial opportunity; Verification, wholesale, LOS, AVM tools; Disaster news continues; title company kickback fines
• Tuesday, September 3 Sep. 3: Commercial opportunity; POS, HELOC, Fair Lending violation products; conferences & training; Allstate’s CA price increase
• Friday, August 30 Aug. 30: Verification, marketing, broker products; NAR settlement opinion; inflation easing helping keep rates stable
• Thursday, August 29 Aug. 29: LO jobs; hedging, compliance, dashboard tools; STRATMOR & the importance of relaxing; Patelco cyberattack; Primer on the yield curve shift
• Wednesday, August 28 Aug. 28: Title insurance co. for sale; AVM, compliance, fee collection, Non-QM products; Conventional conforming program updates
• Tuesday, August 27 Aug. 27: Broker programs, processing & workflow automation, business strategy, webinars & conferences to mid-September
• Monday, August 26 Aug. 26: Retail mgt., LO jobs; Compliance, fee collection, processing, commercial lending products; HomeLight funding; FHA, USDA updates
• Saturday, August 24 Aug. 24: Why join a state organization? Vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: TransUnion
• Friday, August 23 Aug. 23: Bus. Dev., LO jobs; staffing service, warehouse, marketing, AI tools; join an organization! Shared appreciation mortgage
• Thursday, August 22 Aug. 22: LO jobs; hedging, HELOC, QC audit products; profitable 2nd quarter; Trigger lead update; the CFPB & Fay Servicing; STRATMOR & CX
• Wednesday, August 21 Aug. 21: DSCR, HELOC, VA IRRRL, market analysis, and AVM products; training and events up to, and past, Labor Day
• Tuesday, August 20 Aug. 20: Tax & audit, NAR information, appraisal, DPA, cyber-attack products ; Agency news; interview with MBA’s Sasha Hewlett on capital markets
• Monday, August 19 Aug. 19: Recruiter accepting applicants; HELOC data, broker, correspondent processing tools; investor disaster news
• Saturday, August 17 Aug. 17: Real estate commission changes: don’t give legal advice; dual licensing opportunities; FTC addresses fake reviews
• Friday, August 16 Aug. 16: Exec. available; verification, social media, warehouse tools; virtual STRATMOR CX workshop; FHA news; jumbled econ news
• Thursday, August 15 Aug. 15: AE job expansion; hedging, pricing, Realtor service, Home Eq title, AI products; STRATMOR on referral fallout; Sept. events
• Wednesday, August 14 Aug. 14: Sales mgt., brokerage jobs; corresp., servicing products; F&F news; CPI helpful; interview with MBA’s Dr. Fratantoni on the economic direction
• Tuesday, August 13 Aug. 13: CEO, LO jobs; LOS, warehouse, servicing, borrower service tools; webinars & events every day of the week; M&A update; 1099 vs. W2
• Monday, August 12 Aug. 12: Pricing, refi specials, DPA, lead gen, AI tools; broker & corresp. products; con’t quiet in the bond market
• Saturday, August 10 Aug. 10: Fannie’s digital use survey; vendor news from VOE to QC; secondary deals; Saturday Spotlight: Docutech
• Friday, August 9 Aug. 9: AE, Ops, LO jobs; line of credit, lead regulation, HFA, financial tech products; conv. conforming updates; Fed opining
• Thursday, August 8 Aug. 8: CFO, AE jobs; hedging, accounting, home data, fee collection tools; events & training into September
• Wednesday, August 7 Aug. 7: LO jobs; workflow, servicing, PPE, hedging, DPA, ROV guide tools; misc. policy & procedure changes; M&A continues
• Tuesday, August 6 Aug. 6: Non-QM, DSCR, lead gen, fee collection, regulation tracking tools; STRATMOR interview on lending environment; USDA & FHA news
• Monday, August 5 Aug. 5: AE jobs; commercial loan, verification, POS, payment processing tools; upcoming events & training; remember EPO penalties?
• Saturday, August 3 Aug. 3: Vendor news; suggestion on Fannie pricing; thoughts on the jobs data & mortgage rates
• Friday, August 2 Aug. 2: LO partners wanted; RE agent partnerships product; G-fees on the rise? NAR change primer; Cruddy employment data drives rates
• Thursday, August 1 Aug. 1: LO, tech jobs; corresp., warehouse, MSR tools; FHA/VA news; Optimal Blue CEO podcast interview; AI boyfriend?
• Wednesday, July 31 July 31: AE, LO jobs; agent partnership, DPA, QC tools; STRATMOR CD workshop; training & webinars coming your way
• Tuesday, July 30 July 30: Borrower checklist, POS, subservicer products; STRATMOR on purchase business; Fannie’s earnings: the billions add up
• Monday, July 29 July 29: Tech, LO jobs; FHA, buyer literacy, LOS products; disaster news; Malik Wilkes interview on credit union trends
• Saturday, July 27 July 27: Fannie’s forecast; what’s our MBA watching? Saturday Spotlight: Prudent AI; what’s phone call from prison cost these days?
• Friday, July 26 July 26: LO jobs; DPA, virtual assistant, non-QM products; events, training, & webinars fast approaching
• Thursday, July 25 July 25: AE, LO jobs, exec available; hedging, VOE, DPA products; new wholesaler & program changes; STRATMOR Ops workshop
• Wednesday, July 24 July 24: Market trends, home equity, CRM, fee collections, AI tools; disaster & catastrophe updates; new apps fall
• Tuesday, July 23 July 23: ICE jobs; life event tracking, broker, homebuyer assistance, VOIE products, end of the Trump trade
• Monday, July 22 July 22: Servicing job; Fraud prevention report, HELOC, LO awareness, DSCR products Biden’s impact on the markets
• Saturday, July 20 July 20: CrowdStrike IT meltdown; STRATMOR CX, vendor tidbits, compliance latest, and Fannie deals
• Friday, July 19 July 19: LO jobs; VOE, home equity, MERS audit products, builder applications
• Thursday, July 18 July 18: Hedging, HELOC, broker, cybersecurity, DPA, warehouse products, trigger lead legislation, STRATMOR & customer experience
• Wednesday, July 17 July 17: LO jobs; DSCR, digital POS, AVM, branding, processing tools
• Tuesday, July 16 July 16: Rent cap response, AI, DSCR tools, CFPB Townstone case, Trump trade
• Monday, July 15 July 15: IT, LO jobs; AI u/w, DPA, POS, insurance tools, CFPB Townstone case; inflation takeaways
• Saturday, July 13 July 13: Women and banking; latest deals; Saturday Spotlight: Optifunder’s new software
• Friday, July 12 July 12: Employment opportunity, HMDA data, correspondent & wholesale products; PPI latest
• Thursday, July 11 July 11: CFPB proposed rule making, employment opportunity, correspondent & wholesale products; CPI latest
• Wednesday, July 10 July 10: Best efforts trading, DPA for the disabled, marketing, dashboard, online app tools; correspondent & wholesale products; FHA & USDA news
• Tuesday, July 9 July 9: LO jobs; Cap. mkts. academy, insurance, servicing tools; STRATMOR Ops Workshop; webinars & training this week run the gamut
• Monday, July 8 July 8: AE, LO jobs; referral, social media compliance, client retention tools; Freddie/Fannie changes continue; square footage stats
• Saturday, July 6 July 6: A letter about the Atlanta market; a debt primer; Saturday Spotlight: First American Data & Analytics
• Friday, July 5 July 5: AE jobs, companies wanted; CU Patelco ransomware attack; Fed primer; jobs data nudges rates lower
• Wednesday, July 3 July 3: LO jobs, 123 years of retirees; warehouse, fee collection, broker AVM tools; violation tracker; investor changes don’t stop
• Tuesday, July 2 July 2: Job shifts; fair lending compliance, HELOC products; far-reaching training & events; FICO news runs the gamut
• Monday, July 1 July 1: Sales SVP, auditor jobs; AVM, audit, compliance, referral network tools; conventional conforming changes
• Saturday, June 29 June 29: AI primer; fire retardant system to help insurance woes? Saturday Spotlight: MoneyThumb fraud prevention
• Friday, June 28 June 28: LO jobs; website compliance, warehouse, fee collection tools; investor & lender news incl. UWM’s 0 per down program
• Thursday, June 27 June 27: AE, LO jobs; Mission score execution, pet-centric marketing, website compliance tools; STRATMOR on tough refi biz; upcoming webinars & events
• Wednesday, June 26 June 26: AE, LO jobs; borrower outreach, subservicer oversight, AVM products; Agency news… Freddie’s limited foray into 2nds
• Tuesday, June 25 June 25: LO jobs, exec available; HELOC, live pricing data, VOIE tools; LO survey, webinars; a sad personal note
• Monday, June 24 June 24: LO jobs; loan trading, bank lending, bank statement, HELOC, ROV products; disaster & catastrophe news
• Saturday, June 22 June 22: Vendor news; secondary deals; data breaches, third-party risk management & other compliance issues; inflation hits parenting
• Friday, June 21 June 21: National MI addition, exec available; AI product; Wholesale & correspondent news; appraisals are junk fees?
• Thursday, June 20 June 20: AE, Regional Mgr. jobs; hedging, wholesale, correspondent, compliance products; Best to pay attention to the CFPB
• Wednesday, June 19 Juneteenth: LO, Production Mgt. jobs; homebuyer assistance, insurance, marketing, VOIE products; disasters impacting lenders & servicers
• Tuesday, June 18 June 18: Marketing, LO jobs; referral, retention, pre-approval, DPA, cybersecurity products; webinars & training this week
• Monday, June 17 June 17: AI, verification, LOS, renovation, valuation, HELOC products; VA, HUD, Ginnie changes & modernization efforts
• Saturday, June 15 June 15: Why are car and housing markets different? Compliance news; story about home plate; Saturday Spotlight: OptiFunder
• Friday, June 14 June 14: LO, AE jobs; LOS, processing, non-QM, IT tools; private equity, manufactured homes, and Freddie & Fannie
• Thursday, June 13 June 13: MSR valuation, non-QM, VOIE, online auction, broker to banker tools; webinars, events, & training coming soon
• Wednesday, June 12 June 12: Prod. teams sought; processing, correspondent, valuation tools; CPI! The CFPB proposes what? Figure streamlining HELOCs and beyond
• Tuesday, June 11 June 11: LO, broker jobs; best-ex, verification, servicing tools; STRATMOR & customer experience; re-branding, ownership, alliances continue
• Monday, June 10 June 10: AE, LO jobs; marketing, AI, 2nd mortgage products; Lender & investor processing & fee news; Why the Fed will sit on its hands
• Saturday, June 8 June 8: Companies to know if you’re hacked; real estate report in a vacation area; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: New Wave Mortgage
• Friday, June 7 June 7: Ops mgt., LO jobs; IMBs wanted; TPO, MERS review, LOS products; F/F… conventional conforming changes; rates higher on jobs data
• Thursday, June 6 June 6: Teams wanted; hedging, POS, DPA, verification, fee cure paper; conference chatter; training & events this week and next
• Wednesday, June 5 June 5: Tech support, non-QM, data analysis, texting compliance products; Attorney’s thoughts on CFPB Nonbank Registry
• Tuesday, June 4 June 4: AE, Ops jobs; POS, servicing interface, inspection tools; Newfi/Dunmor alliance; does 2 years of yield curve inversion matter?
• Monday, June 3 June 3: AE jobs; fee collection, industry report, LOS insurance tools; homeowners impacted by disasters & storms; insurance input sought; SDA’s new map
• Saturday, June 1 June 1: Deals in the secondary markets; the CFPB’s request for “junk” fee information; credit unions & taxes; nun humor
• Friday, May 31 May 31: AE, LO jobs; Co-issue, MERS audit products; another lender merger, retirement, wholesaler lawsuit, and CFPB RFI
• Thursday, May 30 May 30: Bank LO jobs; Compliance, LOS, best-ex, MSR valuation products; 2nd mortgage and conv. conforming news
• Wednesday, May 29 May 29: Credit exec available; internal audit, jumbo, VOE tools; government program news; Southeast & West lending waxing and waning
• Tuesday, May 28 May 28: AE, LO jobs; social security, LOS, AI doc assist products; fast approaching webinars & training; turn off auto VOEs
• Saturday, May 25 May 25: Note about banks & credit unions; vendor news; Freddie & Fannie deals; a clever joke
• Friday, May 24 May 24: LO jobs; broker products; legal thoughts on dual licensing; Agency & investor news; podcast interview with Tour de France rider
• Thursday, May 23 May 23: Teams wanted; hedging, TPO, ROV, fee collection tools; STRATMOR on bank strengths; training & webinars through 5/31
• Wednesday, May 22 May 22: LO jobs; Servicing, accounting, TPO products; what every lender & servicer should know about catastrophes
• Tuesday, May 21 May 21: LO jobs; DPA, qualification, servicing, appraisal tools; lending report; MBA Prez on a National Housing Policy Director
• Monday, May 20 May 20: Teams wanted, LO jobs; portfolio ARM, ; market intelligence, VOE tools; Bank of England & RESPA; CFPB ruling interview
• Saturday, May 18 May 18: Credit union vs. bank note; vendor news; secondary deals; crime warning; Saturday Spotlight: PCV Murcor; a clever joke
• Friday, May 17 May 17: LO jobs; broker products; credit, AI chatbot, hedging tools; the CFPB verdict: nothing to see here, move along
• Thursday, May 16 May 16: Branch, mgt. jobs; pricing, POS, broker to banker, M&A, cybersecurity tools; STRATMOR/Teraverde deal inked
• Wednesday, May 15 May 15: Broker jobs; 2nd lien, compliance, processing tools; Flagstar/JPM warehouse deal; Disaster updates; econ news shifts rates down
• Tuesday, May 14 May 14: REIT sales job; servicing, LOS, risk mgt., warehouse mgt. tools; webinars, training, & events forthwith
• Monday, May 13 May 13: Jobs & retirements; Company webinars; POS, non-Agency products; STRATMOR & customer service; Freddie & Fannie news rampant
• Saturday, May 11 May 11: Compliance & QC info; vendor tidbits; note on hedge costs; Saturday Spotlight: New Story Lending
• Friday, May 10 May 10: Broker loan products; super jumbo, accounting, RON, fraud prevention products; wholesaler & corresp. program news
• Thursday, May 9 May 9: Corp. partner wanted; hedging, best-ex, pre-approval, servicing, data mining tools; training & webinars this week and next
• Wednesday, May 8 May 8: LO jobs; hedging, Community Lending, verification, CRM, warehouse products; NAR reports on 1st quarter; FHA & USDA changes
• Tuesday, May 7 May 7: Fee collection, flood insurance, servicing, DPA products; Redwood & home equity; wide-ranging Agency news; interview with MBA’s Joel Kan
• Monday, May 6 May 6: Digital HELOC, non-QM, diligence, CRM, construction lending products; primer on NEXA/Kortas/Grella case
• Saturday, May 4 Star Wars Day: Secondary deals run the gamut; vendor news; PE buying up vets, driving up prices; Saturday Spotlight: Prudent AI
• Friday, May 3 May 3: Credit risk, LO jobs; non-QM lenders wanted; fee collection, S&D products; webinars & training coming up; rates drop on nonfarm payroll miss
• Thursday, May 2 May 2: LO jobs, hedging, wholesale & correspondent products, 4506 vs. 8821, U/W automation, recapitalization possibilities
• Wednesday, May 1 May 1: LO jobs; TPO, market analysis, VOE, real estate search tools; GSE & USDA news, incl. Freddie’s solid earnings
• Tuesday, April 30 Apr. 30: U/W, LO jobs; VOI, marketing, warehouse tools; STRATMOR automation survey; another bank acquisition; Fannie earnings
• Monday, April 29 Apr. 29: Brokers wanted; borrower outreach, servicing oversight products; TPO news; bank merger announced; brokers & RESPA
• Saturday, April 27 Apr. 27: Very clever joke video on mortgage lingo; compliance & QC news; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: OptiFunder
• Friday, April 26 Apr. 26: Mgt., LO jobs; servicing, MISMO consulting products; STRATMOR & decisioning; UWM & UMortgage; California on D& & LP; Utah’s housing plan
• Thursday, April 25 April 25: Exec. available; electronic bidding, MORA, processing, marketing tools; CFPB & servicing fees and a mortgage fraud case
• Wednesday, April 24 4-24-24: Controller job; data mining, servicing, marketing products: check your noncompete agreement; training next week
• Tuesday, April 23 Apr. 23: LO jobs; data analytics, servicing products; STRATMOR’s CD Workshop; training & webinars this week run the gamut
• Monday, April 22 Apr. 22: Accounting, sales, LO jobs; Piggyback, 2nds, POS products; G-Rate’s CEO podcast interview; Agency news
• Saturday, April 20 Apr. 20: Note from a real estate agent; Better’s results; credit costs; vendor bytes; Saturday Spotlight: Next Wave Mortgage
• Friday, April 19 Apr. 19: LO jobs; Cybersecurity, TPO, verification tools; Phones tracking whereabouts; A primer on why rates are where they are
• Thursday, April 18 Apr. 18: Sales, LO jobs; MSR execution, VOI, post-closing audit, client acquisition tools; first half of May training & events
• Wednesday, April 17 Apr. 17: LO, mtg. brokerage jobs; non-QM, verification, fraud prevention, buy before you sell products; STRATMOR & borrower satisfaction
• Tuesday, April 16 Apr. 16: LO jobs; Latino, networking, pricing engine, VOE products; Agencies address foreclosures & potential NAR settlement
• Monday, April 15 Apr. 15: Valuation, online app., data intelligence, u/w guideline integration tools; STRATMOR ICE integration; nearby training & webinars
• Saturday, April 13 Apr. 13: Cost of homeownership; CMG/Norcom deal; FICO 10 T & Planet Home; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: OptiFunder
• Friday, April 12 Apr. 12: Cap. mkts, LO, AE jobs; home equity processing, del & non-del, TPO, rate reset products; Government program updates
• Thursday, April 11 Apr. 11: LO jobs; hedging, fee collection, VOIE, valuation, analytics tools; webinars & training & events through next week
• Wednesday, April 10 Apr. 10: DPA, servicing oversight, relationship mgt., change mgt. products; TPO & broker news: UWM fires back; consumer inflation… ugh
• Tuesday, April 9 Apr. 9: Servicing, LO jobs; servicing, non-QM DSCR, RON products; Freddie & Fannie news; don’t bank on a June rate cut
• Monday, April 8 Apr. 8: LO jobs; non-QM, seconds, warehouse, efficiency products; primer on CRAs, bureaus, and data analytics companies
• Saturday, April 6 Apr. 6: Vendor news in the primary & secondary markets; compliance tips; Saturday Spotlight: OptFunder
• Friday, April 5 Apr. 5: Prod. Dev., Ops, LO, AE jobs; CRM product; STRATMOR CD Workshop; FHFA on lock in effect; upcoming webinars
• Thursday, April 4 Apr. 4: AE, LO jobs; LOS, AOT execution, HELOC, HMDA dashboard products; TPO news; Ocwen to become Onity
• Wednesday, April 3 Apr. 3: AE, Ops jobs; anti-fraud, CRM, audit products; things are slow so may-as-well stir the wholesale pot… lawsuit ahead?
• Tuesday, April 2 Apr. 2: LO & Ops jobs; Recruiting, loan trading, TPO, compliance tools; FHA & USDA news; Fed cuts wanted, but not needed?
• Monday, April 1 Apr. 1: LO, AE jobs; MERS, POS, AI underwriting products; training & webinars in the next few weeks
• Monday, April 1 April First: LO jobs; new DPA program; NAR adjusts stats; wholesalers come to agreement; another rate prediction
• Saturday, March 30 Mar. 30: Research on negotiating commissions; MBA, FHA, FAQ, & NAR; Saturday Spotlight: First American Data & Analytics
• Friday, March 29 Mar. 29: AE, LO jobs; marketing product; TPO & Agency news of note; refi title waivers; markets are closed but…
• Thursday, March 28 Mar. 28: LO jobs; HELOC, 2nd mortgage, pre-qual, LOS, QC tools, Dept. of Labor, PrimeLending, and whistleblowing
• Wednesday, March 27 Mar. 27: LO jobs; lead gen, warehouse, verification tools; STRATMOR on process evaluation; HMDA data out; Non-Agency & TPO program news
• Tuesday, March 26 Mar. 26: LO jobs; servicing, POS, marketing, internal audit products; increase in mortgage debt; webinars & training this week
• Monday, March 25 Mar. 25: AE, LO jobs; DPA, non-QM, LOS, U/W, accounting tools; California insurance problems continue; disaster & FEMA news
• Saturday, March 23 Mar. 23: Thoughts on risk & reps & warrants & profits, ; Fannie’s rate forecast for the year; Saturday Spotlight: New Story Lending
• Friday, March 22 Mar. 22: LO jobs; hedging, client retention tools; STRATMOR on the ICE 24 event; MBA on the NAR settlement; info on dual compensation
• Thursday, March 21 Mar. 21: LO jobs; mandatory execution, accounting, warehouse, TPO products; STRATMOR & comp; upcoming events & training
• Wednesday, March 20 Mar. 20: LO jobs; non-QM, verification, accounting, servicing tools; STRATMOR on effective spending; conv. conforming news
• Tuesday, March 19 Mar. 19: Servicing, LO, AE jobs; POS, TPO, automation, DPA tools; HECM, FHA, USDA news; housing starts & building permits
• Monday, March 18 Mar. 18: LO, AE jobs; DSCR, FHA DPA, LOS, warehouse, AI, social media products; NAR settlement chatter
• Saturday, March 16 Mar. 16: FICO addresses credit costs; NAR’s reaction to settlement; Production costs hit $12,500 per loan; Saturday Spotlight: PCV Murcor
• Friday, March 15 Mar. 15: LO jobs; non-QM secondary, TPO, servicing, general ledger, marketing products ; events & training
• Thursday, March 14 Mar. 14: U/W mgr. job; hedging, multi-family servicing, CU appraisal, imaging, POS tools; conventional conforming news
• Wednesday, March 13 Mar. 13: Franchise, Ops opportunities; servicing, LOS, POS, HELOC, processing tools; Agency repurchase progress
• Tuesday, March 12 Mar. 12: QC, LO jobs; MSR buyer, hedging, non-Agency, QC, workflow, servicing products; moving stats; Oh Fudge!
• Monday, March 11 Mar. 11: Non-QM AE, LO jobs; non-QM, DSCR, HELOC, pre-approval, automation tools; the MBA, CFPB, and White House, and mortgages
• Saturday, March 9 Mar. 9: Why LOs should care about Basel; TMC’s temperature of the industry; vendors raising money; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, March 8 Mar. 8: LO jobs; non-QM, RE agent monitoring, mandatory sales products; the White House & closing costs; webinars & training next week
• Thursday, March 7 Mar. 7: LO jobs; hedging, renovation, QC, validation, verification products; investor & correspondent news & metrics
• Wednesday, March 6 Mar. 6: AE jobs; DSCR, non-QM, DPA, automation, payoff products; conventional conforming news
• Tuesday, March 5 Mar. 5: AE jobs; loan portal, processing, HMDA compliance, TPO products; Freddie & Fannie news; FICO 10 T in the MBS market
• Monday, March 4 Mar. 4: Correspondent, TPO name changes, lien release, insurance, workflow products; Ginnie primer & FHA & USDA news
• Saturday, March 2 Mar. 2: How to evaluate LOs; Chocolate & banana prices; Climate lender conference; Classes for men; Saturday Spotlight: BondXN
• Friday, March 1 Mar. 1: LO jobs; TPO, warehouse, appraisal mgt., homeowner engagement tools; Coming to a theater near you in 2025: credit changes
• Thursday, February 29 Feb. 29: LO jobs; TBA pricing, delegated correspondent, servicing products; STRATMOR & comp; news from Rocket & UWM
• Wednesday, February 28 Feb. 28: LO jobs, lender available; pre-qual, TPO, lead gen tools; STRATMOR on vendor relationships; disaster news; HECM, Ginnie, FHA news
• Tuesday, February 27 Feb. 27: LO, AE jobs; VOE, POS, customer retention; LOS products; training, webinars, & events into mid-March
• Monday, February 26 Feb. 26: AE, Ops jobs; automation, pre-approval, QC products; rent vs. buy economics; more proposed paperwork for lenders
• Saturday, February 24 Feb. 24: A pep talk from the trenches; thank a farmer if your stomach is full; vendor news runs the gamut; Saturday Spotlight: MQMR
• Friday, February 23 Feb. 23: AE, LO jobs; hedging, guideline search, VOI & VOE tools; Rocket earnings; events & training through month-end
• Thursday, February 22 Feb. 22: LO jobs; LOS, warehouse, servicing products; Freddie Mac & trended credit data; STRATMOR & younger borrowers
• Wednesday, February 21 Feb. 21: LO jobs; non-QM, VOI/VOE, marketing, gen’l ledger tools; housing market outlook webinar; non-Agency news & products
• Tuesday, February 20 Feb. 20: LO jobs; DPA, fee collection, PPE, AI servicing tools; California & rain; STRATMOR & compensation
• Saturday, February 17 Feb. 17: Thirteen credit reporting errors; restaurant biz on fire; owner occupied housing valued at $37 trillion; Saturday Spotlight: Docutech
• Friday, February 16 Feb. 16: AE, LO jobs; wholesale, HELOC, marketing products; STRATMOR & customer experience; more strong inflation data driving rates
• Thursday, February 15 Feb. 15: AE, LO jobs; hedging, renovation, home equity, accounting products; U.S. population stats; Fannie earnings of $3.9 billion
• Wednesday, February 14 Valentine’s Day: Appraisal, LO jobs; Flip, servicing, appraisal products; webinars, events, and education; Freddie earns $2.9 billion
• Tuesday, February 13 Feb. 13, Part 2: LO jobs; Planet Home hack; regional manager job in danger? STRATMOR on M&A; official Guild/Academy news post market close
• Tuesday, February 13 Feb. 13: LO, AE jobs; servicing, TPO, warehouse products; training & webinars; CPI moves rates higher; Ugly House biz exposed
• Monday, February 12 Feb. 12: LO jobs; technology, closing cost scenario, non-QM, streamlined u/w tools; servicer lawsuit; bonds & inflation
• Saturday, February 10 Feb. 10: AFR deal done; Unacceptable Zoom behaviors; Compliance news for lenders; Social Bonds; Saturday Spotlight: CU Servnet
• Friday, February 9 Feb. 9: LO jobs coast to coast; correspondent, accounting tools; events, training, and webinars covering soup to nuts
• Thursday, February 8 Feb. 8: LO, AE jobs; AOT, HELOC, fee collection, bidding tools; conv. conforming news; STRATMOR’s Ops workshop; NYCB & mortgage prices
• Wednesday, February 7 Feb. 7: Accounting, AE jobs; FHA, 1st time homebuyer, servicing, automation, Fair Lending tools; List of Top 100 lenders of 2023 by units
• Tuesday, February 6 Feb. 6: LO jobs, branches wanted; AI automation, servicing, pre-approval, DPA, non-QM products; training & webinars for the week
• Monday, February 5 Feb. 5: AE, LO jobs, recruiting service; fulfillment, wholesale, 2nds, warehouse, automation tools; FHA & USDA news
• Saturday, February 3 Feb. 3: Fairway Independent exits wholesale; set straight on McDonalds; vendors partnering & raising money; Saturday Spotlight: New Story Lending
• Friday, February 2 Jan. 2: LO jobs; profitability, no cost credit reports, VA training tools; demographic news for LOs; strong jobs data hits rates
• Thursday, February 1 Feb. 1: LO jobs; HMDA data testing, TPO HELOC; MSR risk mgt. products; CFPB to pay $6 million; 3 percent mortgages not likely
• Wednesday, January 31 Jan. 31: AE jobs; LO training, POS, home equity appraisal, market research tools; Planet Home stats; Agency changes
• Tuesday, January 30 Jan. 30: Bank LO jobs; POS, LO AI tool, underwriting, servicing, DPA products; upcoming podcasts, webinars, & training
• Monday, January 29 Jan. 29: AE, FHA jobs; PPE, audit & risk, AI/ML adoption, closed-end 2nd products; lenders & court cases; CRA news
• Saturday, January 27 Jan. 27: Anti-trigger lead tips; note about LLPAs on vacation homes; vendor tidbits; Saturday Spotlight: MQMR
• Friday, January 26 Jan. 26: Secondary, AE, LO jobs; Disaster updates; inflation data steady; existing mortgage rate breakdown
• Thursday, January 25 Jan. 25: CFO available, LO jobs; Compliance, asset mgt., PPE, DPA tools; assorted TPO news; STRATMOR on profitability
• Wednesday, January 24 Jan. 24: VA IRRRL, LO productivity, servicing, LO retention, warehouse products; FHA, VA, USDA, & Ginnie news; trigger lead webinar
• Tuesday, January 23 Jan. 23: LO jobs; 2nd, HELOC, automation, homeowner portal products; conforming conventional news; STRATMOR Ops Workshop
• Monday, January 22 Jan. 22: Home equity, pre-qual, correspondent, verification tools; training & webinars to polish off January; STRATMOR on LO habits
• Saturday, January 20 Jan. 20: Giving you back some time today; Comedy is a funny way of being serious
• Friday, January 19 Jan. 19: LO, Ops jobs; broker, credit report fee, flip & bridge products; TPO news from around the biz
• Thursday, January 18 Jan. 18: LO jobs; margin mgt., LOS, correspondent, AI products; a look at Fed strategy and goals; Dave Stevens
• Wednesday, January 17 Jan. 17: Broker jobs, many transitions; hedging, servicing, fulfillment, non-QM products; Senators, the CFPB, and Navy Fed
• Tuesday, January 16 Jan. 16: Servicing, LO jobs; Servicing, jumbo, appraisal, HELOC products; CA ADU news; why extensions cost money; Recruiter interview
• Monday, January 15 Jan. 15: LO, Ops jobs; correspondent, AI/ML, 1003, warehouse optimization products; coast to coast training & webinars this week
• Saturday, January 13 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
• Friday, January 12 Jan. 12: LO jobs; data mining, fair lending, tech stack products; Ginnie stats; STRATMOR ops workshop; LO comp & profitability
• Thursday, January 11 Jan. 11: DTC & retail jobs; doc uploading, correspondent, HELOC, fraud prevention tools; Radian/FinLocker deal; secondary marketing bonus primer
• Wednesday, January 10 Jan. 10: LO jobs; regulatory, compliance, RIA, accounting, AI products; CFPB penalty news; credit/FICO & investor updates
• Tuesday, January 9 Jan. 9: LO jobs; non-QM, wholesale, servicing, DPA, automation, secondary mktg. pricing tools; Agency news; 2023: hottest year on record
• Monday, January 8 Jan. 8: AE, LO jobs; AI guideline, cost structure, broker, AI consulting, upfront fee collection tools ; loanDepot cyberattack
• Saturday, January 6 Jan. 6: 23andMe hack; Vendor news; HECM opinion; thoughts on the job situation; NAR lawsuit timeline
• Friday, January 5 Jan. 5: LO jobs; hedging, broker products; hedge cost primer; it’s HMDA reporting season; jobs data moves rates
• Thursday, January 4 Jan. 4: LO jobs; verification, lien release products; relying on interest rate predictions? STRATMOR outlook interview; Title industry humor
• Wednesday, January 3 Jan. 3: LO, AE jobs; QC, correspondent tools; webinars & training through month end; STRATMOR interview on referrals
• Tuesday, January 2 Jan. 2: AE jobs; real estate portal opportunity; approaching events & training; First American back on path? JPMorgan’s profits

• Saturday, December 30 Dec. 30: SF Bay island for sale; HECM (reverse mortgage) primer
• Friday, December 29 Dec. 29: LO jobs; HELOC, retention, verification tools; M&A marches on; volatile year but 10-year yield ends 2023 roughly where it began
• Thursday, December 28 Dec. 28: LO jobs; broker, fulfillment, servicing software products; housing for the aging population & other demographics
• Wednesday, December 27 Dec. 27: AE jobs; CAAS, TPO, tech, LOS products; Fitch on First American’s hack; Freddie & Fannie forecasts
• Tuesday, December 26 Dec. 26: Bank LO jobs; customer retention, down payment products; home maintenance study; First American news (remember 2021?)
• Saturday, December 23 Dec. 23: Vendor news; Secondary market deals; Freddie’s forecast mirrors other 2024 thoughts; Christmas poem from a reader
• Friday, December 22 Dec. 22: HELOC, broker, and correspondent programs; First American’s cyber issue; 10-year yield back to end of 2022’s levels
• Thursday, December 21 Dec. 21: LO, AE jobs; bus. opportunity; TPO, anti-valuation bias tools; retail & broker news bits; interview on home equity levels
• Wednesday, December 20 Dec. 20: Ops, AE, LO jobs; credit & verification, broker, borrower portal, accounting products; mortgage credit news
• Tuesday, December 19 Dec. 19: Cap. mkts., PPE, audit & tax, LO sales, subservicing tools; Fannie & attorney opinion letters in title biz; what is smishing?
• Monday, December 18 Dec. 18: LO jobs; correspondent, referral, client retention, construction, DPA products; training & webinars through year end
• Saturday, December 16 Dec. 16: U.S. Gov’t & robocalls; Study on debt and generations; FHA is alive and well; vendor news, soup to nuts
• Friday, December 15 Dec. 15: LO jobs; TPO, accounting automation, verification approaching training & webinars; FHA, HECM, Ginnie news
• Thursday, December 14 Dec. 14: LO jobs; CRM, MSR valuation, QC trends products; STRATMOR strategy report; Lower/Thrive M&A deal; renegotiations… ugh
• Wednesday, December 13 Dec. 13: Branch opportunities; jumbo, non-QM, accounting, servicing, processing tools; conv. conforming news; STRATMOR on the customer experience
• Tuesday, December 12 Dec. 12: LO jobs; wholesaler wanted; super jumbo, HELOC, DSCR, CRM texting, MSR, QC products; changes from Freddie & Fannie; CPI!
• Monday, December 11 Dec. 11: Broker, business & customer intelligence, AI underwriter, marketing , credit union AMC tools ; wholesaler news; more soft landing talk
• Saturday, December 9 Dec. 9: Study on renting & health; notes on the jobs report, insurance and customer service; Saturday Spotlight: Automated Mortgage Systems, Inc.
• Friday, December 8 Dec. 8: Wholesale AE jobs; LO technology, broker PPE products; training & webinars from your Barcalounger; 3.7% unemployment rate
• Thursday, December 7 Dec. 7: AE, LO jobs; bulk sales, best-ex, accounting outsourcing, verification tools; FHA & Ginnie news; Coke & inflation; STRATMOR tech survey
• Wednesday, December 6 Dec. 6: LO jobs; broker & corres. products, tax, lead-gen, fee collection, credit pre-qual tools; economist interview; early payoff fears impact mortgage pricing
• Tuesday, December 5 Dec. 5: Compliance, CRM, LOS, servicing, workflow, internal audit products; Non-QM & jumbo news; rates grind lower
• Monday, December 4 Dec. 4: TPO, subservicing, marketing, CRA products; training & webinars this week; podcast interview with Dr. Elliot Eisenberg
• Saturday, December 2 Dec. 2: CRA CFPB lawsuit news; NAR report on home buyers; compliance & regulatory tidbits; Panama drought = inflation
• Friday, December 1 Dec. 1: AE, LO jobs; TPO, verification, appraisal products; what lenders are doing about rising credit costs… buy FICO stock?
• Thursday, November 30 Nov. 30: LO jobs; MSR sales, subservicing, margin mgt., PPE, HELOC, pre-approval tools, don’t ignore HMDA requirements
• Wednesday, November 29 Nov. 29: AE, LO jobs; HMDA audit, QC, TPO products; plethora of conforming conventional news; LoanCare attack; a strong GDP report
• Tuesday, November 28 Nov. 28: AE, LO jobs; hedging, TPO marketing, AI underwriting, Encompass tools; FHA & USDA news; STRATMOR on tough lessons learned
• Monday, November 27 Nov. 27: SVP production, accounting, AE, appraisal jobs; credit optimization, broker, LOS products; disaster updates
• Saturday, November 25 Nov. 25: Compliance & regulation news & advice; vendor & 3rd party news incl. NAR’s flood disclosure tracker
• Friday, November 24 Nov. 24: Jobs of all shapes and sizes; rates quietly higher; a little feline trivia; “tissues may be required” video
• Wednesday, November 22 Nov. 22: LO jobs; Efficiency, AVM, POS products; MI, wholesaler, corresp. news; airline market share #’s! STRATMOR M&A interview
• Tuesday, November 21 Nov. 21: Accounting, LO jobs; TPO, LOS, cybershield, subservicing products; STRATMOR on customer satisfaction; quiet rate-wise
• Monday, November 20 Nov. 20: Wholesaler wanted; best ex, marketing, non-QM, accounting products; training & webinars in next 10 days; 40 percent own homes outright
• Saturday, November 18 Nov. 18: A joke that sums up my life; EPO penalties; hit song writing age; Costco & customer satisfaction; Saturday Spotlight: Blend
• Friday, November 17 Nov. 17: LO, AE jobs; TPO & correspondent, non-Agency best ex, verification tools; equity figures for refis; STRATMOR on the customer experience
• Thursday, November 16 Nov. 16: LO jobs; underwriting, outsourcing, CRM, POS products; no hiding the ugly IMB earnings for Q3
• Wednesday, November 15 Nov. 15: Broker jobs; LOS, processing, single women buyer report, AI products; Citizens wraps up wholesale; Freddie repurchases: do you know your NAQ?
• Tuesday, November 14 Nov. 14: Reverse, LO jobs; wholesaler wanted; PPE, DSCR, marketing, AVM products; FHA, Ginnie news; Listings on the rise! Great CPI!
• Monday, November 13 Nov. 13: Non-QM mgt. job; hedging, automation, HELOC, MERS audit, LO benchmarking products; crazy number of webinars today & tomorrow
• Saturday, November 11 Veteran’s Day: Citi & Armenians; Vendor & third-party news; weed & property values; where 387 billion gallons of water goes
• Friday, November 10 Nov. 10: Non-QM mgt job; lender credit, HELOC, PPE, AI tools; wholesale & correspondent news; millennial refi interview
• Thursday, November 9 Nov. 9: LO jobs; hedging, TPO, servicing, CFO oversight, consumer-facing tools ; a primer on the eternal 1099 vs. W-2 comp issue
• Wednesday, November 8 Nov. 8: LO jobs; hedging, non-QM, credit verification, digital tools; conv. conforming news; Fair Lending interview
• Tuesday, November 7 Nov. 7: LO, FHA jobs; rental, renovation, fee collection, subservicing, verification tools; training & events this week run the gamut
• Monday, November 6 Nov. 6: Best ex, workflow, subservicer audit, fulfillment products ; FHA, VA, USDA news; Mr. Cooper’s cyberattack
• Saturday, November 4 Nov. 4: Thoughts on the job market; how can a low down payment buyer afford the commission? Redfin CEO on the NAR verdict
• Friday, November 3 Nov. 3: LO jobs; HELOC, broker pricing, LOS, servicing retention products; training & webinars in the next 7 days; STRATMOR’s tech study
• Thursday, November 2 Nov. 2: LO jobs; production efficiency, HELOC, database mining tools; FHA, VA, USDA changes; Freddie’s $2.7 billion in profits
• Wednesday, November 1 Nov. 1: LO jobs, CEO available; efficiency, CRM, eClosing, customer-facing tools; lender innovation landscape shifts; STRATMOR’s Tech Workshop
• Tuesday, October 31 Halloween: AE, LO jobs; verification, HELOC, POS, servicing transfer products; webinars today & tomorrow; Fannie’s solid earnings
• Monday, October 30 Oct. 30: AE, FHA jobs; LOS to G/L automation, MERS audit, broker pricing, VOI/E, serv. retention tools; conv. conf. changes; signing bonus drama
• Saturday, October 28 Oct. 28: Renting vs. buying economics; FOMC primer; vendor news; servicing is important; Food courts: catch the wave
• Friday, October 27 Oct. 27: AE, LO, private bank jobs; internal audit, verification, broker, marketing products; training & webinars next week
• Thursday, October 26 Oct. 26: Servicing, LO jobs; hedging, webinars, HELOC, prequal tools; STRATMOR on servicing; lunches & RESPA; what recession?
• Wednesday, October 25 Oct. 25: LO jobs; tech stack analysis, LO efficiency, fair lending products; LOs see that NAR is lawyering up; STRATMOR on retaining customers
• Tuesday, October 24 Oct. 24: Credit/CRA & verification, flood, CRM, renovation, LOS, warehouse control products; non-Agency & reverse news
• Monday, October 23 Oct. 23: Broker & correspondent products, database mining, engagement, cybersecurity tools; training & webinars this week
• Saturday, October 21 Oct. 21: Opinions on inflation, athletes, LOS tech; vendor news; “Hemingway” on home loans; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, October 20 Oct. 20: Tech sales, LO job; companies wanted; corresp., verification, pricing products; mitigating credit costs
• Thursday, October 19 Oct. 19: Best-ex, outsourcing, LOS/servicing, portfolio, CRM, QC products; conventional conforming news; yes, 30-year rates at 8 percent
• Wednesday, October 18 Oct. 18: LO jobs; DSCR, CRM, predictive analytics tools; wholesale news; more on Fairway/CrossCountry; volume continues to drop
• Tuesday, October 17 Oct. 17: NAR lawsuit; Accounting, MSR transaction, HELOC products; webinars & training this week; Interview with Best CEO Vishal Garg & CFO Kevin Ryan
• Monday, October 16 Oct. 16: LO jobs; market intel, borrower experience tools; misc. investor news; Interview with Fairway’s CEO Steve Jacobson
• Saturday, October 14 Oct. 14: Notes & an interview on the CFPB; a primer on conforming loan limits; secondary market deals
• Friday, October 13 Oct. 13: LO jobs, teams wanted; database mining, closing cost, RON, AI, DPA products; vendor news heading to Philly
• Thursday, October 12 Oct. 12: LO jobs; non-QM lender wanted; efficiency, wire-fraud, subservicing, VOE products; CFPB in the news for lenders
• Wednesday, October 11 Oct. 11: Bus. dev, franchise jobs; internal audit, marketing, valuation, processing tools; credit cost changes, non-QM back in the news
• Tuesday, October 10 Oct. 10: Scalability, insurance, digital, servicing, DPA products; Events, training, & webinars this week and next
• Monday, October 9 Oct. 9: FHA jobs; digital, marketing, HELOC verification, fair lending products; disaster & insurance news; STRATMOR’s CD workshop
• Saturday, October 7 Oct. 7: Anatomy of another mortgage scam; notes and perspective on the strong economy & labor market; Saturday Spotlight: Docutech
• Friday, October 6 Oct. 6: LO jobs, position sought; TPO, corresp., compliance, u/w, accounting products; conv. conf. news; employment drives rates higher
• Thursday, October 5 Oct. 5: LO jobs; hedging cost, reno, CRA, HELOAN, home inspection, cybersecurity products; LO conversation shift; Ginnie, USDA, FHA news
• Wednesday, October 4 Oct. 4: Credit & verification products; POS, eClosing, Hispanic product tools; Redfin, NAR, Computershare, Rithm, Newrez, Caliber, OB all in the news
• Tuesday, October 3 Oct. 3: Warehouse, bank LO jobs; cybersecurity, CE, CRM, warehouse products; disaster news & insurance cos scaling back in FL and CA
• Monday, October 2 Oct. 2: CU, title jobs; wholesaler wanted; optimization, doc tracking, MSR financing products; saving money on credit reports and con’t ed
• Saturday, September 30 Sep. 30: Vendor news; secondary market deals; real estate snapshot; crypto takes down a bank; “bimonthly” primer
• Friday, September 29 Sep. 29: Non-QM, LO jobs; accounting, JV partner, credit, stand-alone 2nd products; shutdown primer for lenders… tax transcripts?
• Thursday, September 28 Sep. 28: LO jobs; hedging, TPO & broker programs; servicing, QC, consulting products; CFPB report on our biz; STRATMOR & MortgageCX
• Wednesday, September 27 Sep. 27: AE, LO jobs; Verification, credit, servicing, automated QC, POS, DSCR products; Events & training fast approaching
• Tuesday, September 26 Sep. 26: LO, MI jobs; data mining, digital lending, real estate database, servicing products; conventional conforming program shifts
• Monday, September 25 Sep. 25: Borrower engagement, analytics, internal audit tools; CRA news; STRATMOR on the cost of indecisive leadership
• Saturday, September 23 Sep. 23: IMBs using debt for financing; appraisers & a lack of comps; thoughts on credit and credit repair; pencils: a growth industry?
• Friday, September 22 Sep. 22: LO jobs; marketing, CRM, fair lending, HELOC, non-QM products; webinars & training next week; why do people move?
• Thursday, September 21 Sep. 21: LO jobs, shell wanted; DPA, CRM, QC, asset mgt. products; deep look at housing & rates: uh, not for the faint-hearted
• Wednesday, September 20 Sep. 20: Credit verification, MSR acquisition, non-QM, tax, outsourcing products; STRATMOR & CX; credit score change timeline shift
• Tuesday, September 19 Sep. 19 aarrgh: DSCR, DPA, lien release, CRM, insurance, qualification tools; training & events this week; role of AI; rates slide higher
• Monday, September 18 Sep. 18: LO jobs; HELOC, mfg. housing, technology, marketing, digital tools; autumn joke (applicable to economists’ forecasts?)
• Saturday, September 16 Sep. 16: Vendor news & updates in the primary & secondary markets; compliance topics from AMCs to credit repair
• Friday, September 15 Sep. 15: Retail jobs; exec searching; cybersecurity, warehouse, accounting, marketing tools; opinion on the CFPB, marketing, and brokers
• Thursday, September 14 Sep. 14: AE jobs, companies wanted; hedging, PPE, fee collection, QC products; gov’t & non-gov’t news; producer inflation alive and well
• Wednesday, September 13 Sep. 13: AE jobs; accounting, asset transfer, LOS tools; conv. conforming news; Encompass & MortgageCX; Mortgage apps continue downward
• Tuesday, September 12 Sep. 12: DSCR, PPE. borrower intelligence, DPR products; STRATMOR MortgageCX news; Webinars & events this week; Chopra speaks
• Monday, September 11 9-11: Warehouse, HELOC, AMC, rate lock; automation, POS products; insurance & disaster news; a memorable “joke”
• Saturday, September 9 Sep. 9: Compliance & regulation news; capital markets deals; thoughts on the current climate for lenders
• Friday, September 8 Sep. 8: AE, LO jobs; housing news, appraisal, broker pricing, LOS to G/L automation products; FHA, USDA program news; renter data
• Thursday, September 7 Sep. 7: LO jobs; correspondent, broker, liquidity mgt., marketing, AOT products; training & webinars; foreign investment in U.S. drops
• Wednesday, September 6 Sep. 6: AE, LO jobs; hedging webinar; home insurance nightmare; GSE changes; interview with Henry Broeksmit on youth in the biz
• Tuesday, September 5 Sep. 5: QC/fraud, LO AI, MSR financing, GNMA MSR programs; Disaster updates & guides – the CFPB is there for us
• Saturday, September 2 Sep. 2: Homeownership over time; vendor news & products in the primary and secondary markets
• Friday, September 1 Sep. 1: LO jobs across the nation; jumbo & non-Agency news; bond market digests higher unemployment rate
• Thursday, August 31 Aug. 31: LO, AE jobs; HELOC, TPO, home buyer trends, Agency approval, CRM products; training & events next week worth a skim
• Wednesday, August 30 Aug. 30: Cap. Mkts role wanted; homebuyer, lead source, AML, pre-qual appraisal products; deep dive into credit changes schedule
• Tuesday, August 29 Aug. 29: AE, LO jobs; DSCR, non-del, CRM, pricing engine, real estate agent products; STRATMOR customer service workshop; NAR President resigns
• Monday, August 28 Aug. 28: LO jobs; credit report, buyer research, broker processing products; Guild & First Centennial deal; deep dive on Fed
• Saturday, August 26 Aug. 26: Down payment plans; fraud report; Better’s stock sputter; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Service First Mortgage
• Friday, August 25 Aug. 25: Product Dev., AE, LO jobs; lead gen, non-QM, QC tools; webinars next week; STRATMOR & employee morale; subservicing podcast interview
• Thursday, August 24 Aug. 24: LO jobs; best ex, cybersecurity, audit, LO profile, credit reporting, QC products; better.com IPO is today
• Wednesday, August 23 Aug. 23: LO, MI jobs; marketing person available; credit verification, AMC, lead gen tools; Advocacy! Comp strategy on brokered loans
• Tuesday, August 22 Aug. 22: Servicing, HELOC referral, CRM, audit, Spanish language products; webinars & training this week
• Monday, August 21 Aug. 21: Broker pricing, non-QM, lead sourcing, tech products; STRATMOR on employee culture; a deep look at the Fed & rates
• Saturday, August 19 Aug. 19: Freedom Mortgage & the CFPB; compliance topics du jour; letter on title biz; vendor morsels; shaggy dog joke
• Friday, August 18 Aug. 18: Bank LO jobs; pricing, internal audit, CRM, home insurance, lead generation tools; comp survey; MBA’s cost per loan stats
• Thursday, August 17 Aug. 17: Wholesaler available; TPO geocoding, warehouse, fee collection products; CoreLogic Wildfire report; STRATMOR compensation survey
• Wednesday, August 16 Aug. 16: LO jobs; DSCR, HELOC, automation, outsourcing, processing products; disaster updates; apps drop for 4th consecutive week
• Tuesday, August 15 Aug. 15: LO jobs; marketing, database, cost reduction products; UBS MBS settlement; webinars this week; U.S. consumer alive and well
• Monday, August 14 Aug. 14: HUD, AE, LO jobs; secondary marketing, broker delivery, outsourcing products; conv. conforming news; rates could tread water
• Saturday, August 12 Aug. 12: Letters on the “why” of mortgage rates, LOs exiting the biz, and title insurance company business
• Friday, August 11 Aug. 11: LO jobs; broker pricing and non-QM products; in-person conferences; 1099 vs. W2 information
• Thursday, August 10 Aug. 10: LO jobs; Mfg. home, HELOC, automation, home insurance products; wholesaler earnings & news; consumer inflation & rates
• Wednesday, August 9 Aug. 9: LO jobs; TPO, due diligence, automation, servicing products; LD earnings; events and training; Moody’s bank downgrades
• Tuesday, August 8 Aug. 8: Reverse jobs; HELOC, servicing, PPE, relationship, DPA products; Events & webinars this week to tune into
• Monday, August 7 Aug. 7: LO jobs; closing gifts, USDA, Non-QM, POS, VOI, broker shopping products; Freddie & Fannie news; training
• Saturday, August 5 Aug. 5: Title insurance: a waste of money? Bank capital requirements in the headlines. The thinning ranks of LOs… more to come?
• Saturday, August 5 Aug. 5: Title insurance: a waste of money? Bank capital requirements in the headlines. The thinning ranks of LOs… more to come?
• Friday, August 4 Aug. 4: LO jobs & transitions; TPO programs, broker locking, new media co., CRM products; misc. investor news; why are rates at the highs of the year?
• Thursday, August 3 Aug. 3: AE, LO, branch mgr. jobs; client database, relationship, hedge cost tools; approaching events, training, and webinars
• Wednesday, August 2 Aug. 2: AE, LO jobs; warehouse, pre-approval, DPA, manufactured housing, marketing products; 2008 & 2018 lenders: ghosts in the machine
• Tuesday, August 1 Aug. 1: LO jobs, Rocket changes; ITIN, AOT, warehouse , servicing products; conventional conforming news & Fannie’s $5 billion of net income
• Monday, July 31 July 31: CFO & accounting jobs; efficiency, POS, policy & procedure tools; in-person events & webinars entering August; more “soft landing” talk
• Saturday, July 29 July 29: Proposed banking changes & borrower prices; vendor news; interesting tale about teaching; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, July 28 July 28: LO jobs; home equity, DPA, servicing, database mining, warehouse products; underwriting best practices
• Thursday, July 27 July 27: LO jobs; hedging, productivity, POS, audit & tax products; non-Agency news; STRATMOR on sales costs; GDP solid
• Wednesday, July 26 July 26: LO jobs; productivity, automation, data tracking; HELOC servicing products; Freddie & Fannie news; interview on yield curve inversion
• Tuesday, July 25 July 25: LO jobs; borrower-focused, MI, retention. MERS audit, delinquency mgt. products; events & education fast approaching
• Monday, July 24 July 24: Construction, rental DSCR, warehouse products; Agency news; interview on MBS & rate sheet pricing; retail branch profitability study
• Saturday, July 22 July 22: Thoughts on Angelo Mozilo; tribal lending; vendor tidbits; Saturday Spotlight: MakeFloridaYourHome
• Friday, July 21 July 21: LO jobs; Lite Doc, efficiency, 40-year, HELOC products; FHA, VA, USDA, HECM Agency & investor news
• Thursday, July 20 July 20: AE, tech jobs; correspondent programs; STRATMOR & customer service; credit products & news; training & webinars
• Wednesday, July 19 July 19: CFO, compliance, cap mkts, LO jobs; POS, AI, REO, 2nd lien, verification products; housing stats disappoint
• Tuesday, July 18 July 18: LO, FHA jobs; outsourcing, insurance, fraud stats, eSign, HELOC products; webinars & training this week; MBA on CFPB enforcement actions
• Monday, July 17 July 17: MSR, AE, LO jobs; efficiency, fulfillment, correspondent products; offices into housing; Angelo Mozilo: 1938-2023
• Saturday, July 15 July 15: Compliance topics & repurchase demands; Realtors on market activity; Gen Z & home buying; Saturday Spotlight: Blend
• Friday, July 14 July 14: CTO job; leadership role wanted; TPO, outsourcing, DPA, MSR transfer, compliance products; company & state events
• Thursday, July 13 July 13: LO jobs; search engine for sale; co-issue, TPO, LO survey, credit, HELOC servicing products; be wary of interest rate predictions
• Wednesday, July 12 July 12: Broker jobs; processing, internal audit, cash mgt., security tools; training & events; good news in consumer prices help rates
• Tuesday, July 11 July 11: LO jobs; LO marketing tools, automation, subservicing, DPA products; HMDA data; training & webinars, many today
• Monday, July 10 July 10: LO jobs; broker & LO scorecards, escrow mgt., homebuyer products; What percent of borrowers are at less than 4 percent?
• Saturday, July 8 July 8: Opinions on trigger leads, perspective on the lending business climate, and the jobs data; vendor snippets
• Friday, July 7 July 7: Solar for LOs; new correspondent, non-QM, renovation products; Freddie & Fannie news; more job news moves mortgage rates
• Thursday, July 6 July 6: AE, LO jobs; automated AOT, TPO, appraisal fee, LOS products ; next week’s plethora of events; labor data pushes rates higher
• Wednesday, July 5 July 5: LO jobs, wholesaler available; profitability analysis, closed-end 2nd products; Ginnie Ticket primer for government program lenders
• Monday, July 3 July 3: FHA, VA, reverse news & training; EverBank name to return; Movement Mortgage, the DOJ, and the False Claims Act
• Saturday, July 1 July 1: Vendor bytes; secondary market deals; warehouse news; the most common holiday around the world is…?
• Friday, June 30 June 30: LO jobs; HELOC, appraisal fee analysis, database analysis, and broker knowledge products; primer on recessions
• Thursday, June 29 June 29: LO jobs; hedging, loan production, auditing, QC, broker marketing products; primer on the cost to hedge
• Wednesday, June 28 June 28: LO jobs & mgt. transitions; servicing, lead source, AI, MERS review products; cybersecurity news; STRATMOR on Artificial Intelligence
• Tuesday, June 27 June 27: Bank & IMB LO, NAR CEO jobs; borrower intelligence, prefunding QC, cybersecurity tools; TPO investor news
• Monday, June 26 June 26: AE, LO jobs; information sharing, home equity, fulfillment, marketing products; conventional conforming news
• Saturday, June 24 June 24: Thoughts on the current warehouse environment; vendor updates; capital market deals; Saturday Spotlight: Calque
• Friday, June 23 June 23: VP, LO, AE jobs; automation, ROI calculation, homeowner engagement tools; STRATMOR on LO AI adaption; interest rates & builders
• Thursday, June 22 June 22: MSR valuation, non-QM, DPA, mobile property valuation tools; What’s the Fed Chair up to? New-home housing market list
• Wednesday, June 21 June 21: Tech monitoring, referral, servicing strategy products; FHA, USDA, Ginnie news; more than a quarter of production is still refi
• Tuesday, June 20 June 20: LO jobs; U/W, LOS, appraisal mgt., broker, automation products; Freddie & Fannie news; housing starts skyrocket!
• Monday, June 19 June 19: LO jobs; Non-QM, video marketing, home equity, outsourcing, servicing transfer products; webinars & training this week
• Saturday, June 17 June 17: Thoughts on pulling credit; interest rates; compliance issues facing lenders; Saturday Spotlight: Lender Price
• Friday, June 16 June 16: Leader seeking role, AE & LO jobs; affordable housing, retention products; lots of events early next week; dive into recent economic stats
• Thursday, June 15 June: 15: LO jobs; company webinars & training, internal audit, CRM, servicing, marketing tools; another lesson in “don’t fight the Fed”
• Wednesday, June 14 June 14: LO jobs, marketing job sought; non-QM, marketing, processing, verification tools; warehouse primer; Fed day
• Tuesday, June 13 June 13: LO jobs; best-ex, POS, dashboard, credit verification products; Freddie & Fannie changes; today’s CPI suggest Fed holds steady tomorrow
• Monday, June 12 June 12: LO jobs; jumbo, PPE products; training & webinars this week, fast and furious; support your MBA
• Saturday, June 10 June 10: Agencies and ARM indices; vendor news; compliance topics; borrower shopping & credit scores; interest rate thoughts
• Friday, June 9 June 9: AE, sales mgt., LO jobs; accounting, digital, broker comp tools; FHA, VA, USDA developments; why rates are stubborn
• Thursday, June 8 June 8: U/W, CD jobs; HELOC, affordable housing, servicing, QC, MSR valuation products; new appraiser education standards?
• Wednesday, June 7 June 7: Referral & marketing tools; TPO products; U/W, doc custodian review, verification products; DSCR & 2nd program news
• Tuesday, June 6 June 6: Approaching webinars & training; servicing, CRM, processing automation products; the Fed next week
• Monday, June 5 June 5: TPO DPA, POS, website, outsourcing products, F&F changes run the gamut from appraisal to credit to condos to income
• Saturday, June 3 June 3: Insurance woes; compliance topics & the CFPB finds that different lenders have different rates! Saturday Spotlight: LendingOne
• Friday, June 2 June 2: Sales mgt., LO jobs; POS for reverse, marketing & PR, TPO products; random TPO news; ugly insurance and water news
• Thursday, June 1 June 1: Marketing job; webinars & training, construction tracking, MERS certification, 100% financing, HELOC products; jumbo, DSCR program news
• Wednesday, May 31 May 31: AE, LO jobs; warehouse, appraisal, non-QM, RON products; reverse mortgages: catch the wave; new apps continue down
• Tuesday, May 30 May 30: Recruiting, sales & marketing, QC, underwriting, HELOC, CRM tools; FHA & VA investor news
• Saturday, May 27 May 27: Freddie & Fannie on ratings watch; vendor news; high bal loan question; compliance & QC trends; bank robbery humor
• Friday, May 26 May 26: Sales mgt., LO jobs; appraiser, ECOA, video marketing products; conventional conforming news; what has driven rates higher?
• Thursday, May 25 May 25: AE, LO, compliance jobs; IMB wanted; 1% down, compliance products; training & webinars next week; STRATMOR on broker biz
• Wednesday, May 24 May 24: LO jobs; sales, DPA, QC, appraisal, servicing products; Freddie & Fannie news; another retail exit
• Tuesday, May 23 May 23: LO jobs; servicing, POS, marketing, fulfillment, pricing engine products; FHA, VA, USDA, Ginnie news
• Monday, May 22 May 22: IMB wanted; U/W, cap mkts., training, verification tools; training & webinars to wrap up May; hallway chatter from NY
• Saturday, May 20 May 20: MI & builder stock price highs; the MBA on the CFPB’s funding; resume writing 101; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Calque
• Friday, May 19 May 19: Process streamlining, accounting, servicing tools; Orion waiving U/W fees & other wholesale news; STRATMOR on wholesaler/broker relationship
• Thursday, May 18 May 18: Hedging, Non-QM selling, correspondent, digital insurance, fee collection tools; retail lenders offerings; household debt >$17T
• Wednesday, May 17 May 17: AE, LO jobs; appraisal, HELOC, internal audit, correspondent products; the U.S. economy: strong like bull?
• Tuesday, May 16 May 16: LO jobs; referral, credit, jumbo, marketing, online loan app products; Fed thoughts while rates tread water; Academy & ransomware?
• Monday, May 15 May 15: LO jobs; appraisal modernization, cybersecurity, non-del non-QM, CRM products; STRATMOR CU & bank forum
• Saturday, May 13 May 13: Letters constructing a resume, improving customer service, and how pricing engines work; vendor updates; Saturday Spotlight: FirstClose
• Friday, May 12 May 12: TPO products; CRM, pre-qual, retention, QC, marketing tools; upcoming events & webinars; markets focused on inflation again
• Thursday, May 11 May 11: Financial planning, LO jobs; Corresp., servicing, due diligence products; UWM & LD earnings; HPC deal; investors react to DTI change recission
• Wednesday, May 10 May 10: LO jobs; cap mkts., TPO, referral, appraisal, AI, processing products; be careful about LO comp; April consumer prices as expected
• Tuesday, May 9 May 9: Cap. mkts., servicing, MSR cashflow, POS, digital, AVM, TPO communication products; demographic trends for originators
• Monday, May 8 May 8: Broker, LO jobs; productivity, non-QM, CRM, AI products; ChatGPT & AI and the mortgage biz; training & events
• Saturday, May 6 May 6: Letters about a successful LO mindset, banking; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale; a joke for Realtor clients
• Friday, May 5 Cinco de Mayo: LO jobs; AMC alternative, workflow, HMDA dashboard products; Opendoor & Redfin earnings; a look at what is moving rates
• Thursday, May 4 May 4: CD, LO jobs; fulfillment, benchmark, servicing, home equity tools; disaster updates; more banks in the news
• Wednesday, May 3 May 3: Corresp., AE, LO jobs; TPO, BI, social media, POS products; Conv. conforming changes; Blend CEO interview
• Tuesday, May 2 May 2: AE, LO jobs; recruitment, marketing, database, MSR valuation products; news from Freddie & Fannie; jumbo pricing concerns
• Monday, May 1 May 1: LO, broker jobs; TPO, accounting outsourcing, processing, DPA tools; upcoming training, webinars, and events
• Saturday, April 29 Apr. 29: MBA membership offer; a new organization; thoughts on IMBs & bank lending; tech & vendor news; recession chatter
• Friday, April 28 Apr. 28: Non-QM execution, fee collection, appraisal, DPA products; STRATMOR tech survey; FHFA LLPA thoughts and comparison chart
• Thursday, April 27 Apr. 27: LO jobs; digital trading, HOA document, work verification, Fannie QC products; non-Agency, reverse news; Q1 GDP numbers
• Wednesday, April 26 Apr. 26: Job tools; marketing, pricing exception, joint venture, construction loan tools; CFPB news; STRATMOR on home equity lending
• Tuesday, April 25 Apr. 25: LO jobs; marketing, sales, property data, cybersecurity, home insurance products; training & webinars to end April
• Monday, April 24 Apr. 24: LO, U/W, risk jobs; bi-lingual, subservicing, POS, warehouse products; STRATMOR comp survey; Freddie & Fannie shifts & info
• Saturday, April 22 Apr. 22: Letters on reverse mortgages, the FHFA, and IMB’s role in lending; how many people live here? Saturday Spotlight: Argyle
• Friday, April 21 Apr. 21: LO, CD jobs; correspondent, MSR financing, marketing tools; Black Knight’s mortgage report; credit report policies & procedures
• Thursday, April 20 Apr. 20: LO jobs; automation, marketing, fraud report, insurance products; credit reporting news: how borrowers can opt out
• Wednesday, April 19 Apr. 19: LO jobs; DPA, warehouse, multi-lingual tools; Trigger lead law; STRATMOR on customer service; mortgage supply and demand primer
• Tuesday, April 18 Apr. 18: LO jobs; non-QM, CD automation, marketing, fulfillment AllRegs products; FHA news & trends
• Monday, April 17 Apr. 17: AE, LO jobs; processing analysis, subservicing, pre-qual products; webinars and training this week & next
• Saturday, April 15 Apr. 15: Thoughts on IMBs & FHA lending, the current real estate market; vendor tidbits; a primer on bond vs. mortgage pricing
• Friday, April 14 Apr. 14: IMB wanted; broker products; construction warehouse, appraisal, verification, closing disclosure tools; bank tremors done?
• Thursday, April 13 Apr. 13: LO jobs; 2nd lien, internal audit, CRM, post-closing automation tools; events & webinars & training; where people are moving
• Wednesday, April 12 Apr. 12: Broker, LO jobs; App auditing, non-QM, processing, payment deferral tools; Conv. conforming news; Consumer price data
• Tuesday, April 11 Apr. 11: LO jobs; Product & pricing engine, CRM, jumbo, warehouse products; Freddie & Fannie changes continue; squirrel humor
• Monday, April 10 Apr. 10: Appraiser, LO, AE jobs; IMB wanted; Sales, QC, verification, benchmarking tools; FEMA & disaster updates continue
• Saturday, April 8 Apr. 8: Letters on the word “suspense,” a new presidential candidate, community housing developers; vendor news; secondary mkt. deals
• Friday, April 7 Apr. 7: General counsel, LO jobs; lead conversion, auditing, DPA correspondent tools; the CFPB & UDAAP; long but decent joke
• Thursday, April 6 Apr. 6: Branch mgr., LO jobs; DPA, insurance, lien release, marketing, MSR valuation products in-person events for April into May
• Wednesday, April 5 Apr. 5: LO, CFO, TMC jobs; TPO, CRM, MSR cash flow analysis, credit bureau cascade products; non-QM program news; another data breach
• Tuesday, April 4 Apr. 4: LO jobs; buydown, corresp., POS, eClosing, outsource, insurance products; FHFA/Freddie/Fannie changes continue
• Monday, April 3 Apr. 3: AE, LO jobs; non-QM, post-closing, processing, MSR financing, loss mit tools; remote and in-person training to start April
• Saturday, April 1 Apr. 1: FDIC regulations; CFPB meeting transcript; BofA underdraft program; expense cuts continue; WFH adjustments
• Friday, March 31 Mar. 31: AE, LO jobs; non-QM, correspondent, outsourcing, income verification tools; third party updates; $31 million warehouse settlement
• Thursday, March 30 Mar. 30: LO jobs, transitions; broker products; LOS, hedging, CRM tools; STRATMOR & CX; MISMO update; Chopra on servicers
• Wednesday, March 29 Mar. 29: AE jobs; servicing, cybersecurity, QC, fee collection tools; Investors react to F&F/FHFA changes; nationwide property listing stat
• Tuesday, March 28 Mar. 28: LO jobs; database mgt., pre-funding QC, post-closing QC tools; NMLS change? Ag, non-QM, DSCR, reverse, lock program news
• Monday, March 27 Mar. 27: LO jobs; Lead source, sales, home equity, lien release products; FHA, VA, USDA, HUD news; Sterling and the DOJ
• Saturday, March 25 Mar. 25: Legal opinion on LO comp & lead source; vendor news; thoughts on improving revenue; Saturday Spotlight: BEACON
• Friday, March 24 Mar. 24: LO jobs; MSR financing, marketing, appraisal, DPA products; Fannie, Freddie changes; rates drop – why?
• Thursday, March 23 3-23-23: LO jobs; QC, marketing & sales, credit/profitability products; disaster areas from a credit and tax perspective
• Wednesday, March 22 Mar. 22: AE, LO jobs; CRM, helpdesk, home insurance, credit reporting products; training & webinars to wrap up March
• Tuesday, March 21 Mar. 21: Guild management change; POS, prospecting, automation, Certified Military Specialist products; quiet on the bank front
• Monday, March 20 Mar. 20: Branch mgr. job; TPO, QC, credit analysis, bus. dev., PPE products; Credit Suisse bought, Signature taken over
• Saturday, March 18 Mar. 18: IMB costs hit $12,450 per loan; compliance news; MBA on FHFA’s DTI delay; Saturday Spotlight: Equity Resources
• Friday, March 17 Mar. 17: AE, LO jobs; broker, efficiency products; FHA, VA, USDA news; bank failures explained as SVB declares bankruptcy
• Thursday, March 16 Mar. 16: Co-issue, eNote, correspondent, cust. experience tools; CFPB news; FHFA delays DTI shift; bank news’ impact on MBS prices
• Wednesday, March 15 Mar. 15: IT, HR, LO jobs; DPA, subservicing, loss mit, fee collection tools; Banking… this is not 2008; STRATMOR on customer experience
• Tuesday, March 14 Mar. 14: LO jobs; hedging, revenue, marketing, CRM, POS products, Counterparty questionnaire
• Monday, March 13 Mar. 13: A midday Commentary on the Guild-Cherry Creek acquisition; the current state of M&A; a good banking joke
• Monday, March 13 03-13-23: Fair lending, broker, jumbo programs; CFPB to review LO comp; Lenders eye bank failure; Former Fannie CEO to run SVB
• Saturday, March 11 Mar. 11: Secondary marketing deals, vendor news; the CHLA & taxpayer risk; Saturday Spotlight: Logan Finance
• Friday, March 10 Mar. 10: Sales exec., AE, LO jobs; crypto escrow, technology, non-warrantable condo products; investor news, M&A continues
• Thursday, March 9 Mar. 9: MLO jobs; home equity, AOT, outsourcing, first-time home buyer tools; Dept. of Justice vs. a Detroit broker
• Wednesday, March 8 Mar. 8: MI, LO jobs; CRM, forecasting, warehouse tools; FHA, USDA industry news; 2-year yield above 5%; BK’s Empower to be sold
• Tuesday, March 7 Mar. 7: Cybersecurity, Hispanic borrower, data mining, credit supplement products; CMG & Homebridge ink retail deal
• Monday, March 6 Mar. 6: AE jobs; POS, MSR financing, DSCR, home equity, accounting products; upcoming training & webinars
• Saturday, March 4 Mar. 4: Report on women and home buying; vendor news runs the gamut; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, March 3 Mar. 3: Public policy, LO jobs; jumbo, broker, performance comparison, internal audit products; Freddie and Fannie updates
• Thursday, March 2 Mar. 2: LO, Ginnie EVP jobs; pricing, credit reporting, compliance, workflow, PPE tools; Wholesaler & TPO news; rates higher
• Wednesday, March 1 Mar. 1: LO jobs; marketing, profitability, qualification, DTC, RON products; Wholesaler news, incl. Rocket earnings
• Tuesday, February 28 Feb. 28: AE, LO, MI, CTO jobs; marketing, AMC, credit, servicing products; CFPB closes lender; Interview with Flagstar’s Lee Smith
• Monday, February 27 Feb. 27: CTO, mgt., AE jobs; non-QM, marketing, HELOC servicing, automation products ; credit news & trends
• Saturday, February 25 Feb. 25: Thoughts on vendor & lender acquisitions; vendor news; CFPB’s registration proposal; Mahatma Gandhi tale
• Friday, February 24 Feb. 24: IMB wanted, LO jobs; Pricing, income calc., POS, accounting products; FHA & VA news; Georgia & non-QM
• Thursday, February 23 2.23.23: AE, LO jobs; MSR monitoring, marketing, lead conversion tools; USMI on the FHA MIP cut; STRATMOR on wealth mgt. borrowers
• Wednesday, February 22 Feb. 22: LO jobs; database-mining, credit, marketing, servicing products; non-QM, DSCR news; FHA MIP cut
• Tuesday, February 21 Feb. 21: Servicing, marketing, DSCR, correspondent tools; STRATMOR on customer service; RESPA & loan comparison sites; webinars
• Monday, February 20 Feb. 20: Jobs, jobs, and jobs… MI, Freddie and Fannie career links; Companies are indeed hiring
• Saturday, February 18 Feb. 18: Letters on the CFPB & credit card activity, IMBs and compliance; vendor news (Empower rumors); Agency deals
• Friday, February 17 Feb. 17: AE, LO jobs; marketing, PPE, broker to banker, customer experience tools; CFPB on credit payments; Disaster news; Redfin in the red
• Thursday, February 16 Feb. 16: MLO jobs; SaaS, secondary marketing, non-QM, servicing system, compliance products; builder confidence improving
• Wednesday, February 15 Feb. 15: MLO jobs; Ginnie delivery, fee collection, processing, insurance, warehouse mgt. tools; Celebrity Home Loans’ goodbye letter
• Tuesday, February 14 Feb. 14: MLO jobs; U/W, rate quote, margin management, servicing, tools; Fannie results; Feb. webinars & events; great communication video
• Monday, February 13 Feb. 13: MLO jobs; Hispanic borrowers, broker marketing, servicing products; Freddie & Fannie news; industry metrics; STRATMOR M&A interview
• Saturday, February 11 Feb. 11: CHLA on IMB legal rights; MBA on LLPA changes; recession primer; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: First Family Funding, LLC
• Friday, February 10 Feb. 10: CRM, lead conversion, marketing, AE pipeline, MSR financing tools; more mortgage M&A; thoughts on the CFPB’s news
• Thursday, February 9 Feb. 9: AE, MLO jobs; automation, collections, DPA, insurance, cap. mkts. products; STRATMOR comp survey; Feb. events & webinars
• Wednesday, February 8 Feb. 8: MLO jobs; eMortgage, CRM, cybersecurity, analytics, compliance tools; more correspondents exiting, M&A alive and well
• Tuesday, February 7 Feb. 7: LO jobs; reverse, Hispanic borrower, servicing products; wholesaler news runs the gamut; Bill Cosgrove interview on origination costs
• Monday, February 6 Feb. 6: Enterprise sales job; warehouse, credit measuring tools; Non-QM products; disaster news; securitizers take note of court ruling
• Saturday, February 4 Feb. 4: Restaurants with best views; LOs adjusting to LLPA shift; CFPB case dismissed; What recession? Saturday Spotlight: OptiFunder
• Friday, February 3 Feb. 3: Enterprise sales, LO jobs; staffing, compliance, tools; Angel Oak security; Feb. events & training; surprise jobs number moves rates
• Thursday, February 2 Feb. 2: Bidding, credit verification, DPA, warehouse, marketing, disaster alert, TPO products ; valuing lenders 101
• Wednesday, February 1 Feb. 1: AE, LO jobs; U/W, PPE, marketing, compliance products; house price stats dissected; the MBA on vendor monopolies
• Tuesday, January 31 Jan. 31: HMDA compliance, expansion plan, pricing engine, help desk, subservicing products; program & procedure changes across investors
• Monday, January 30 Jan. 30: LO, FHA jobs; homebuyer education, RON, elastic ops tools; conventional conforming news; STRATMOR on tech ROI
• Saturday, January 28 Jan. 28: Vendor news; letters on incentives & MSAs, housing and a recession, the CFPB, and LLPA pricing & processing confusion
• Friday, January 27 Jan. 27: Ops, accounting, LO jobs; POS, appraisal, outsourcing, appraisal products; M&A and lender closures continue
• Thursday, January 26 Jan. 26: AMC job; broker and DBAs wanted; lead source, sec. marketing, income verification, marketing tools; FHA VA, Ginnie news
• Wednesday, January 25 Jan. 25: LO jobs; credit, API, sales, repurchase review, subservicer oversight products; TransUnion credit study
• Tuesday, January 24 Jan. 24: Hedging, QC, CRM, insurance, pre-qual, relationship management products; disaster news; STRATMOR on customer service
• Monday, January 23 Jan. 23: IMB wanted; cybersecurity, efficiency, DSCR, lead mgt. correspondent products, Freddie/Fannie changes continue
• Saturday, January 21 Jan. 21: Thoughts on LOs picking up the phone, conference life, the new LLPAs; NAR on rates; Saturday Spotlight: Veros
• Friday, January 20 Jan. 20: Recruiting, LO jobs; Non-QM 2nds, renovation, homeowner, Realtor-facing products; Reaction to F&F LLPA & securitization cost changes
• Thursday, January 19 Jan. 19: LO jobs; hedging, pooling, outsourcing, jumbo, HELOC servicing products; approaching events & webinars
• Wednesday, January 18 Jan. 18: LO jobs; TPO non-Agency products; credit reporting, QC, home insurance, fee collection tools; mortgage apps skyrocket
• Tuesday, January 17 Jan. 17: LO jobs; sec. mktg., DSCR, marketing, POS, QC, DPA tools; MBA’s home equity study; Experian hack
• Monday, January 16 Jan. 16: AE, LO, FHA jobs; QC automation, broker products; disaster news; regulatory & legal bits for lenders; a good video joke
• Saturday, January 14 Jan. 14: Limited English Proficiency recommendation to increase business; vendor news, Agency deals; a decent joke
• Friday, January 13 Jan. 13: Bus. Dev., recruiting, LO jobs; profitability, efficiency, fraud management products; VA, FHA, USDA, Ginnie news
• Thursday, January 12 1-12-23: Correspondent, QC automation, home equity, work Visa products; no Wells… now what? Inflation data meets expectations
• Wednesday, January 11 1-11-23: MLO, capital markets jobs; QC, DPA, AMC, LOS products; Readers weigh in on Wells shutting correspondent
• Tuesday, January 10 Jan. 10: MLO jobs; trading, servicing transfer, CRM products; STRATMOR on bank market share; wholesaler & TPO news
• Monday, January 9 Jan. 9: Warehouse, Weinermobile jobs; TPO, non-QM, bi-lingual, QC products; this week chockfull of webinars & training
• Saturday, January 7 Jan. 7: Putting numbers on mortgage job cuts; Valuation vendor news; the FTC & non-competes; letters on affordable housing and gender pay
• Friday, January 6 Jan. 6: Recruiter, LO jobs; accounting, correspondent, secondary marketing products; lender’s rate drop protection plan
• Thursday, January 5 Jan. 05: Rate lock activity, marketing, B2C communication tools; wholesale & correspondent news; credit cost news
• Wednesday, January 4 Jan. 4: Processing mgr., LO jobs; fee collection, bi-lingual, marketing products; thoughts on 2023: not for the weak-hearted
• Tuesday, January 3 Jan. 3: LO jobs; bi-lingual, warehouse, operation efficiency tools; events, webinars & training coming up soon

• Friday, December 30 Dec. 30: MLO jobs; reverse mortgage product; Consumer Finance Protection Bureau on ARMS & HELOCs
• Thursday, December 29 Dec. 29: LO jobs; POS, lead conversion tools; important FHFA, Freddie, Fannie ARM and LLPA changes coming your way
• Wednesday, December 28 Dec. 28: LO jobs; marketing, scalability, lead conversion tools; gender pay inequlity; attorney’s thoughts on FHA loan comp news for LOs
• Tuesday, December 27 Dec. 27: MLO jobs; real estate agent, subservicing analysis products; investor processing & product news; Florida #1
• Friday, December 23 Dec. 23: CFO, LO jobs coast to coast; more on loanDepot vs. CrossCountry; on this date in 1888; classic Christmas joke
• Thursday, December 22 Dec. 22: AE, LO jobs; asset depletion, appraisal form products; Union Home/Amerifirst (MI); loanDepot/CrossCountry; investor news continues
• Wednesday, December 21 Dec. 21: IMB wanted, recruiter, LO jobs; retention, HELOC, solar products; events & training; fresh MBA forecast
• Tuesday, December 20 Dec. 20: Subservicer oversight, automated marketing, hedging, non-Agency, QC tools; credit companies feeling the squeeze
• Monday, December 19 Dec. 19: LO jobs; credit reporting, automation, BI, automatic marketing tools; FHA, HUD, VA changes; STRATMOR on bank market share
• Saturday, December 17 Dec. 17: How an MLO should retire; Notes on fraud and compliance; increased credit cost thoughts; vendor bytes
• Friday, December 16 Dec. 16: AE, MLO jobs; tax, fee collection, digital, TPO products; FHFA, Freddie, Fannie developments
• Thursday, December 15 Dec. 15: AMC, LO jobs; POS, QC, LOS products; STRATMOR on customer service; Academy, False Claims, and $38.5 million
• Wednesday, December 14 Dec. 14: LO jobs; U/W, biz intelligence, cap. mkts., remote worker compliance tools; Non-QM, DSCR, 2nds, commercial news
• Tuesday, December 13 Dec. 13: LO to broker, reverse, processing, home equity, investor cash flow, DPA products; webinars & training; inflation data & rates
• Monday, December 12 12/12/22: Investor wanted; MLO jobs; compliance, research, co-op products; FHA & USDA news; more Fed headlines
• Saturday, December 10 Dec. 10: Opinions on the housing market, buyers paying commissions; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Calque
• Friday, December 9 Dec. 9: MLO jobs; back office, construction loan, social media products; inflation news; notes on FoA/AAG, UWM’s Loan Shield
• Thursday, December 8 Dec. 8: MLO jobs; comp strategy, non-QM, fee collection, marketing products; U.S. Bank’s wholesale decision
• Wednesday, December 7 Dec. 7: IMB wanted; co-issue, correspondent, broker marketing products; FHA & VA news; note on payroll fraud; compliance tidbits
• Tuesday, December 6 Dec. 6: Sales mgt., LO jobs; subservicing, correspondent, non-QM, sales products; education & training this week
• Monday, December 5 Dec. 5: Unique LO opportunity, FHA jobs; fulfillment, social media compliance, jumbo products; conforming conv. changes
• Saturday, December 3 Dec. 3: The role of AMCs; books for your staff for Christmas; vendor bits; what if the buyers paid RE commissions?
• Friday, December 2 Dec. 2: MLO jobs; corresp. DPA, marketing, profitability tracking tools; lender & investor news; strong jobs data; latest lender M&A deal
• Thursday, December 1 Dec. 1: MLO jobs; HELOC, non-Agency, valuation, co-issue, DEI hiring products; upcoming events and training
• Wednesday, November 30 Nov. 30: U/W Mgr. job; mkt. research, automation, fee collection, non-Agency tools; conforming loan limit & other F&F changes
• Tuesday, November 29 Nov. 29: Recruiting, LO jobs; compliance, virtual sales, QC products; compliance snippets; STRATMOR technology survey
• Monday, November 28 Nov. 28: Investors wanted; MLO jobs; U/W, cyber, ECOA automation, reverse products; credit cost hike; FHA, VA, USDA news
• Saturday, November 26 Nov. 26: Thoughts inspiring LOs, from an LO; vendor news; Agency deals; conferences: nothing good happens after 9PM
• Friday, November 25 Nov. 25: MLO jobs; credit reporting’s “massive” cost increase; non-Agency/non-QM news; current management concerns
• Wednesday, November 23 Nov. 23: MLO jobs; due diligence, compliance, automation, broker communication tools; conforming conventional changes
• Tuesday, November 22 Nov. 22: MLO jobs; PPE, CRM, DPA, pre-approval, subservicing products; RMF exits reverse; Carrington’s response to CFPB
• Monday, November 21 Nov. 21: MLO jobs; M&A candidate wanted; non-Agency, POS, warehouse products; STRATMOR on the business cycle; production costs hit $11k
• Saturday, November 19 Nov. 19: Letters on buydowns, China’s real estate, pricing, and the cost of fraud; Vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Momentifi (with a pep talk)
• Friday, November 18 Nov. 18: MLO jobs; TPO, HELOC workflow, processing, PPE, API tools; $5.25 million Carrington’s CFPB fine
• Thursday, November 17 Nov. 17: MLO jobs; co-issue, cyber security, market research, broker products; jumbo & non-Agency news
• Wednesday, November 16 Nov. 16: MLO jobs; tech, QC, foreclosure, POS, jumbo products; USDA, FHA, HUD news; STRATMOR on better LO communication
• Tuesday, November 15 Nov. 15: MLO jobs; independent appraisal, accounting, sales tools; conventional conforming news; PPI drives rates lower; who is Progress Residential?
• Monday, November 14 Nov. 14: MLO jobs; TPO, HOA data, outsourcing, due diligence tools; training & webinars this week; NAR’s 2023 forecast
• Saturday, November 12 Nov. 12: Thoughts on how to train a real estate agent, and loan level price adjustments’ impact on lending; Saturday Spotlight: Flagstar
• Friday, November 11 11/11: AE, MLO jobs; due diligence, fee collection, automation products; BofA’s affordable housing roll out
• Thursday, November 10 Nov. 10: MLO jobs; rate sheet, licensing, AMC, sales, AOT products; homebuyer study; CPI numbers drive down rates
• Wednesday, November 9 Nov. 9: IT, MLO jobs; reverse, non-QM, credit union, title products; investors & lenders on the brink, or beyond; apps fall again
• Tuesday, November 8 Nov. 8: CFO looking for position, untimely deaths, MLO jobs; subservicing notarization, sales tools; opting out of trigger leads
• Monday, November 7 Nov. 7: Warehouse, LO jobs; MSR analysis, appraisal, outsourcing, compliance tools; Agency news; Yearly autumn joke
• Saturday, November 5 Nov. 5: Housing affordability, vendor bites, honing non-verbal management skills; Saturday Spotlight: Ribbon Home
• Friday, November 4 Nov. 4: MLO jobs; home equity, sales, tax service, subservicer audit products; webinars & training later in November
• Thursday, November 3 Nov. 3: Hedging, HELOC, eHELOC, digital lending, buydown products; webinars & training next week; rates head higher
• Wednesday, November 2 Nov. 2: MLO jobs; del, non-QM products; low producing LOs and branches: never ending problem; apps down for 6th straight week
• Tuesday, November 1 Nov. 1: Senior mgt. job; lock policy, sales goals, automation, temp. buydown products, ; capital markets bonus primer
• Monday, October 31 Oct. 31: DPA, broker, HELOC, business review products; webinars & events this week; STRATMOR on current M&A environment
• Saturday, October 29 Oct. 29: Vendor products for the primary and secondary markets; Saturday Spotlight; TRUE (previously Softworks AI)
• Friday, October 28 Oct. 28: MI rep, AE jobs; payment scenario, sales, AMC products; MBS price primer: the difference between bonds and men?
• Thursday, October 27 Oct. 27: MLO jobs; AOT, POS, marketing, warehouse, processing tools; misc. Agency & investor news; 3rd quarter GDP figures
• Wednesday, October 26 Oct. 26: Marketing, MI, LO jobs; IMB wanted; fraud search, automation, fee collection tools; events & training; ADU financing interview
• Tuesday, October 25 Oct. 25: IMB wanted, MLO jobs; jumbo ARM, subservicer products; FHFA/Freddie/Fannie news wrap up
• Monday, October 24 Oct. 24: Real estate company wanted; fulfillment, digital, verification, cybersecurity products; Ginnie news
• Saturday, October 22 Oct. 22: Opinions on the real estate market, industry integrity, and the wholesale channel; Saturday Spotlight: Cenlar FSB
• Friday, October 21 Oct. 21: IT, AE, LO jobs; servicing, automation, pricing, property data products; early November events & training
• Thursday, October 20 Oct. 20: AE, MLO, servicing jobs; hedging, automation, community lending, DPA products; STRATMOR on customer experience
• Wednesday, October 19 Oct. 19: Controller, MLO jobs; underwriting, compliance, eMortgage, loss mit automation products; training & events; apps drop further
• Tuesday, October 18 Oct. 18: MLO jobs; subservicer, processing, Non-QM, culture building tools; USDA, FHA changes; Freddie’s cash flow product
• Monday, October 17 Oct. 17: MLO jobs; warehouse, processing, homeowner insurance products; jumbo & non-QM news; Credit Suisse MBS settlement
• Saturday, October 15 Oct. 15: Observations on servicing and the bond market, and on the wholesale channel; Saturday Spotlight: Built
• Friday, October 14 Oct. 14: MLO jobs ; tax, insurance products; primer on Fed’s moves & inflation; Julia Gordon to address likelihood of FHA MIP change
• Thursday, October 13 Oct. 13: MLO jobs; company webinars; PPE, HELOC, AMC products; wholesaler updates; disaster news; inflation news pushes rates higher
• Wednesday, October 12 Oct. 12: Accounting, MLO jobs; corresp. & broker, MSR & servicing products; wholesale & TPO products; inflation update
• Tuesday, October 11 Oct. 11: MLO jobs; sec. mktg., processing, VOE, subservicing, DPA products; conv. conforming news; affordability study
• Monday, October 10 Oct. 10: Wholesale CRM, automation, eMortgage, loss mit products; Freddie and Fannie changes; new Fannie CEO
• Saturday, October 8 Oct. 8: Notes on Ginnie’s proposed eligibility rule, the Fed & mortgage rates; U.S debt at $31 trillion; Saturday Spotlight: Equity Resources
• Friday, October 7 Oct. 7: IMB wanted; MLO jobs; audit, pre-qual, TPO programs, HELOC evaluation tools; loan limits & amounts drive program changes
• Thursday, October 6 Oct. 6: MLO, AE jobs; rate lock index, warehouse optimization, audit, sales tools; company sponsored training; rates quiet
• Wednesday, October 5 Oct. 5: MLO jobs; customer retention, DPA, paperless products; investor disaster news; HELOC survey; apps at 1997 levels
• Tuesday, October 4 Oct. 4: Cap. mkts staff available, MLO jobs; automation, MSR valuation tools; STRATMOR comp data & survey; upcoming events
• Monday, October 3 Oct. 3: Recruiting service; underwriting, subservicing, automation, HELOC products; investors react to hurricane damage
• Saturday, October 1 Oct. 1: Letter on truthful broker model; start-up and existing vendor product news; Saturday Spotlight: Built
• Friday, September 30 Sep. 30: AE, LO jobs; dashboard, processing, CRM, DPA products; Freddie & Fannie updates
• Thursday, September 29 Sep. 29: MLO jobs; cap. mkts., CRM, appraisal bias, pre-qual products; October events & webinars; S&D loan pricing where?
• Wednesday, September 28 Sep. 28: HR, bank & IMB LO jobs; fee collection, HELOC, automation, all-cash products; training, in-person events, and webinars
• Tuesday, September 27 Sep. 27: Processing, TPO, co-op, subservicing, home ownership products; STRATMOR piece; Q&A on rates yesterday
• Monday, September 26 Sep. 26: Bus. Dev., u/w jobs; DPA, correspondent, fulfillment, marketing products; STRATMOR & customer experience; IMB Merger
• Saturday, September 24 Sep. 24: A time saving edition
• Friday, September 23 Sep. 23: MLO jobs; lenders wanted; TPO, coaching, warehouse, processing products; relentless rates provide no relief
• Thursday, September 22 Sep. 22: Non-QM, Employment Opportunities, Ginnie Mae RBC Rule; Fed Rate Hike Reaction
• Wednesday, September 21 Sep. 21: Housing supply, employment opportunities, vendor services; How the Fed impacts rates
• Tuesday, September 20 Sep. 20: Housing inventory, employment opportunities, vendor services; News driving rates
• Monday, September 19 Sep. 19: Housing correction, industry events, vendor services; Fed meets this week
• Saturday, September 17 Sep. 17: Western Alliance Bank Spotlight, Fannie and non-QM deals, audits and UDAAP safeguards; inflation in the headlines
• Friday, September 16 Sep. 16: MLO economic information, job movement, CPI takeaways; Mortgage rate surveys
• Thursday, September 15 Sep. 15: Rushmore exits correspondent, vendor services, GNMA risk based capital; jobless claims
• Wednesday, September 14 Sep. 14: Treasury yields, employment offerings, vendor services; Inflation continues to rise
• Tuesday, September 13 Sep. 13: Home affordability, employment offerings, vendor services; Latest CPI
• Monday, September 12 Sep. 12: Mortgage evolution, employment offerings, vendor services; Fed hawk talk persists
• Saturday, September 10 Sep. 10: Resume red flags, alternative programs, Agency MBS runoff ;Saturday Spotlight: Flueid
• Friday, September 9 Sep. 9: New mortgage products, vendor happenings, wholesaler news; Fed Chair Powell avoids spooking markets
• Thursday, September 8 Sep. 8: Natural Disasters, Employment Opportunities, Vendor Services; Weekly Jobless Claims
• Wednesday, September 7 Sep. 7: Fed Balance Sheet, Employment Opportunities, Vendor Tidbits, Investor News
• Tuesday, September 6 Sep. 6: Jobs, Vendor misc., Events and trainings; Markets rally on unemployment uptick
• Saturday, September 3 Sep. 3: Compliance morsels; Bank of America’s 0 percent down program; Freddie’s secondary market deals
• Friday, September 2 Sep. 2: Employment, Lender services and software, wholesale latest; August payrolls
• Thursday, September 1 Sep. 1: Cap. mkts., CRM, automation, home equity, non-English products; FHFA & Freddie news
• Wednesday, August 31 Aug. 31: AE, MLO, IT jobs; TPO products; qual, homebuyer, profitability products; BofA’s 0% down; mortgage apps continue downward
• Tuesday, August 30 Aug. 30: MLO, pricing jobs; credit, PPE, non-QM, LO sales training products; coast to coast training & events
• Monday, August 29 Aug. 29: Servicing products; marketing; appraisal, LO sales tools; FHA & Ginnie news; Fed chatter continues
• Saturday, August 27 Aug. 27: Ginnie & loss mit; a real-life econ tale; vendor news runs the gamut; Saturday Spotlight: Lender Price
• Friday, August 26 Aug. 26: MLO, cap. mkts pricing job; TPO, marketing, workflow, tax service products; MWF shifts wholesale gears, Reali gone
• Thursday, August 25 Aug. 25: AE jobs; DSCR, marketing, compliance, asset mgt. tools; non-Agency news; STRATMOR on lenders staying or exiting
• Wednesday, August 24 Aug. 24: LO jobs; marketing, origination, DSCR, all-cash programs; September events, training, & webinars
• Tuesday, August 23 Aug. 23: MLO and AE jobs, coast to coast; subservicing, profitability, servicing products; investor’s conv. conforming changes
• Monday, August 22 Aug. 22: AE, Ops, MLO jobs; cap. mkts, broker, HMDA review, AI/ML products; recent Freddie & Fannie news of note
• Saturday, August 20 Aug. 20: Van Halen and brown M&Ms; vendor news; compliance tidbits; being awake in the middle of the night is ok; Saturday Spotlight: Denim Social
• Friday, August 19 Aug. 19: Compliance, MLO jobs; TPO, underwriting, eSign, and sales tools; News From GNMA, FHA, and VA
• Thursday, August 18 Aug. 18: AE, MLO jobs; IMB wanted; community lending, financial literacy tools; cust. experience study; CMLA/CHLA; FHFA & Ginnie and seller servicers
• Wednesday, August 17 Aug. 17: MLO, AE jobs; investor wanted; sales research papers; fulfillment, non-del, non-QM products; Fed news continues
• Tuesday, August 16 Aug. 16: Sec. mktg, PPE, sales performance, bank statement, non-QM products; upcoming training, webinars, & events, coast to coast
• Monday, August 15 Aug. 15: Non-QM lender wanted, MLO jobs; cap. mkts., TPO, CRM, AI products; Bloomberg & Wells’ correspondent
• Saturday, August 13 Aug. 13: HELOC news and products; vendor updates and rollouts around the nation; Saturday Spotlight: Click n’ Close
• Friday, August 12 Aug. 12: MLO jobs; investor wanted; DSCR, credit union, subservicer oversight products; news from wholesalers; Home Point earnings
• Thursday, August 11 Aug.11: AE, LO jobs; recruiting, cap. mkts., DPA, lead conversion, broker products; jumbo, non-Agency, non-QM news; the SEC & Angel Oak
• Wednesday, August 10 Aug. 10: Cap. mkts, AE, LO jobs; automation, non-QM products; LD/Notarize/Cypress/UWM in the news; disaster updates; CPI knocks rates down
• Tuesday, August 9 Aug. 9: Verification, non-QM, subservicer, franchise, appraisal products; LD’s earning call today; rates tread water
• Monday, August 8 Aug. 8: MLO jobs; internal audit, marketing, Realtor-facing, fulfillment products; events in the next few weeks; jobs & the Fed
• Saturday, August 6 Aug. 6: Vendor/3rd party products; opting out of credit lead selling; jobs number: what recession? Saturday Spotlight: Calque
• Friday, August 5 Aug. 5: MLO jobs; u/w productivity, bid tape/AOT, origination, doc handling products; National MI and Equifax; payroll data drives rates
• Thursday, August 4 Aug. 4: Comp study; profitability, BI, QC, API, non-QM, HELOC products; OpenDoor penalty; Two Harbors/RoundPoint deal
• Wednesday, August 3 Aug. 3: AE, MLO jobs; private MI, servicing testing, broker pricing, DPA products; conforming conventional updates
• Tuesday, August 2 Aug. 2: LO jobs; cap. mkts., non-warrantable condo, automation products; retail product news; Taiwan helping drive rates
• Monday, August 1 Aug. 1: MI job; DPA, revenue, decisioning jumbo products & tools; upcoming events & webinars; more on the Fed
• Saturday, July 30 July 30: The ins and outs of servicing rights; Fannie deals; primer on… runway numbering? Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, July 29 July 29: MLO jobs; M&A advice; compliance, BI platform, community bank products; the NBER, GDP, and recessions
• Thursday, July 28 July 28: MLO jobs; broker products; underwriting, customer service tools; RON progress; new exchange-traded TBA product
• Wednesday, July 27 July 27: Hedging, MLO jobs; broker, pricing, workflow approaching events, training, webinars; Fed Day as new apps hit 22 year low
• Tuesday, July 26 July 26: MLO jobs; lead gen, Spanish app, REO mgt., subservicing tools; conforming conventional changes; rates sliding
• Monday, July 25 July 25: MLO jobs; digital, compliance, automated workflow, home equity products; rural, FHA, and VA news
• Saturday, July 23 July 23: Note from a Realtor (a return to “normal” is good); vendor news runs the gamut; Saturday Spotlight: Indecomm
• Friday, July 22 July 22: MLO jobs; non-QM, bridge loan, HELOC, social media tools; FHA & VA investor news; MBA’s new rate & volume forecast
• Thursday, July 21 July 21: MLO jobs coast to coast; purchase advice API, TBA trading tools; STRATMOR on signing bonuses; webinars & training to finish off July
• Wednesday, July 20 July 20: AE, MLO jobs; subservicing, convenience fee compliance, VOE, POS products; Non-Agency/non-QM product news
• Tuesday, July 19 July 19: MLO jobs; non-Agency, jumbo, LOS, marketing tools & products; Appraisal news on ACE+ PDR: a faster way to close some loans
• Monday, July 18 July 18: MI, AE, MLO jobs; fraud, home equity, lock & shop, non-QM, reno products; wholesale snippets
• Saturday, July 16 July 16: Letters on the CPI & housing, a recession & servicing values; a fine financial joke; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, July 15 July 15: Bus. Dev., MLO jobs; broker, DPA, automation, warehouse products; wholesaler news & new products
• Thursday, July 14 July 14: IT, MLO jobs; excess servicing, non-QM, anti-fraud, home equity tools; correspondent news; primer on yield curve inversion
• Wednesday, July 13 July 13: MLO jobs; lock & shop, jumbo, non-QM, appraisal tools; STRATMOR tech study; events & webinars; ugh: inflation up, apps down
• Tuesday, July 12 July 12: MLO, Corresp. jobs; webinars, training, subservicing, processing tools; relentless Freddie & Fannie changes
• Monday, July 11 July 11: Ops, MLO jobs; bank statement, BI, marketing, MERS review tools; Fannie & Freddie on credit and new fees
• Monday, July 11 July 11: Ops, MLO jobs; bank statement, BI, marketing, MERS review tools; Fannie & Freddie on credit and new fees
• Saturday, July 9 July 9: Vendor news & products; Freddie deals motor along; NAR’s thoughts on job data & mortgage rates
• Friday, July 8 July 8: CD, MLO, AE jobs; warehouse, non-QM correspondent, compliance, CRM, processing products; FOMC & Fed Funds primer
• Thursday, July 7 July 7: Non-QM, MLO, AE jobs; credit union, u/w, TPO products; report on lending trends; FHA & VA news; Sprout’s abrupt news
• Wednesday, July 6 July 6: MLO & Mgt. jobs; appraisal, sales, jumbo and non-QM products; webinars, training, and events in July; rates continue lower
• Tuesday, July 5 July 5: IMB & bank MLO jobs; warehouse, customer service, HELOC products; disaster news & NFIP primer
• Saturday, July 2 July 2: CFPB, Fair Credit, and UDAAP; Ginnie and Fannie in the capital markets; OCC’s mortgage snapshot
• Friday, July 1 July 1: MLO, AE jobs; processing, underwriting, flood, loss-mit products; new products and non-Agency, non-QM news
• Thursday, June 30 June 30: AE, MLO jobs; Bridge, DPA, non-Agency, fee collection products; upcoming training, webinars, events
• Wednesday, June 29 June 29: MLO jobs; margin improvement, non-QM, sec. mktg. tools; FGMC fallout; California MBA weighs in; broker petition
• Tuesday, June 28 June 28: MLO jobs; operational cost, pre-qual, broker, legal & vesting tools; news from wholesale channel; housing demand & supply
• Monday, June 27 June 27: AE, MLO jobs; new loan products; sales webinar; GSE’s new fee and other conforming conventional changes
• Saturday, June 25 June 25: Florida insurance crisis; notes on Black Knight/ICE, Flagstar breach, S&D and bridge loans; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, June 24 June 24: MLO, Bus. Dev. jobs; pre-qual, appraisal, marketing, accounting tools; rural housing process & Ginnie Mae news
• Thursday, June 23 June 23: Title, lead conversion, MSR, POS, QC products; STRATMOR piece on tech adoption; Wholesalers & TPO investors on the move
• Wednesday, June 22 June 22: Analyst, MLO, AE jobs; PPE, U/W, lead purchase products; Events, training, & webinars through July
• Tuesday, June 21 June 21: AE, MLO jobs; pricing, broker, jumbo, fee collection products; STRATMOR on connecting with borrowers; investor ARM news
• Monday, June 20 June 20: FHA jobs; POS, LO survey, processing, servicing, non-QM products; Freddie & Fannie ceaseless changes
• Saturday, June 18 June 18: Letters on housing & the economy (allowing gazumping!) and cutting costs, vendor news: Saturday Spotlight: Change Wholesale
• Friday, June 17 June 17: Hedging, MLO jobs; insurance, eVault, defect rate, warehouse products; easy-to-understand basis risk primer
• Thursday, June 16 June 16: MLO jobs; company webinars, non-Agency, compliance, DPA products; USDA & Ginnie news; rates smack housing starts & permits
• Wednesday, June 15 June 15: Analyst job; non-Agency, appraisal, loan delivery products; June & July events; expect a 75 bp move higher from the Fed
• Tuesday, June 14 June 14: Compliance, MLO jobs; AMC, lender wanted; sales, compliance, non-QM, processing tools; VA program primer
• Monday, June 13 June 13: MLO, reverse jobs; u/w automation, valuation, pre-approval tools; inflation drives 10-year yield toward 3.30 percent
• Saturday, June 11 June 11: Letters on the Equifax situation, Black Knight & ICE, all cash programs, combatting fraud; Saturday Spotlight: Denim Social
• Friday, June 10 June 10: Bank & IMB LO jobs; productivity, pre-qual, non-Agency products; Freddie & Fannie changes; consumer price index: painful
• Thursday, June 9 June 9: Compliance, AE, MLO jobs; cap mkts profitability, HELOC, sales tools; upcoming events & training & conferences
• Wednesday, June 8 June 8: MLO, AE jobs; Borrower research papers, non-QM, repurchase defense tools; TPO news; apps continue to fall
• Tuesday, June 7 June 7: U/W, Ops, AE, MLO jobs; subservicing, training, U/W, 2nd lien, marketing products; why LOs should care about the FHFA
• Monday, June 6 June 6: VP Finance/Controller, MLO jobs; AI, compliance, MSR, processing tools; Non-QM & jumbo changes
• Saturday, June 4 June 4: Vendor news runs the gamut incl. ownership changes; using prequals to predict volume; Saturday Spotlight: Indecomm
• Friday, June 3 June 3: MLO, bus. dev. jobs; investor, AVM, lead conversion, anti-fraud products; Quontic’s No Ratio program move
• Thursday, June 2 June 2: Non-QM exec, MLO, AE, cap mkts jobs; aged asset, servicing, compliance, non-Agency products; employment data driving rates
• Wednesday, June 1 June 1: Appraisal, cap mkts, MLO, corresp. jobs; DPA, reno, HELOC products; lender M&A news doesn’t stop
• Tuesday, May 31 May 31: Compliance, MLO, AE jobs; efficiency, processing, Expat, underwriting tools; events this week and next; rates head higher
• Saturday, May 28 May 28: Container homes & barndominiums perfectly acceptable; Lehman Bros. update; recession primer: what is the NBER?
• Friday, May 27 May 27: MLO jobs; private label, fulfillment, non-Agency products; wholesalers & correspondent process & product changes
• Thursday, May 26 May 26: AE, MLO jobs; prequal, profitability, due diligence, underwriting tools; FHFA news: Sandra T!; STRATMOR on appraisal management
• Wednesday, May 25 May 25: AE, MLO jobs, lenders wanted; cap. mkts., purchase advice products; investor Agency changes; rates hit housing; IMB costs head higher
• Tuesday, May 24 May 24: CFO, compliance, MLO jobs; fee collection, subservicing, processing, sales tools; events & webinars through June
• Monday, May 23 May 23: MLO jobs, lender wanted; LO sales tools, CFPB oversight, processing, rehab products; updates from Fannie
• Saturday, May 21 May 21: Vendor news, CRA update; El Salvador & cryptocurrency; babysitters are how much?! Saturday Spotlight: LoanCare
• Friday, May 20 May 20: Senior cap. mkts., MLO jobs; employment history, insurance, POS, MSR financing products; Q&A on flood insurance laws
• Thursday, May 19 May 19: AE, Ops, MLO jobs; loan sales, closing cost scenario, asset sale tools; rates dropping…what is the “neutral” interest rate?
• Wednesday, May 18 May 18: MLO jobs; non-QM, underwriting, appraisal products; MBA’s compliance offering; higher rates hitting apps, and starts & permits
• Tuesday, May 17 May 17: MLO, AE jobs; LO training, database mining, digital, PPE, non-QM products; upcoming training and events
• Monday, May 16 May 16: MLO jobs; 40-year, pre-approval, processing, subservicing products; thoughts from the Secondary Conference
• Saturday, May 14 May 14: Loss aversion & rate locks; economic trends; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Staircase
• Friday, May 13 May 13: MLO jobs; non-QM, DSCR, desktop appraisal, DPA products; USDA, VA, FHA investor product news
• Thursday, May 12 May 12: MLO jobs; loan sales, fee collection, vendor selection, fix & flip products; STRATMOR tech survey
• Wednesday, May 11 May 11: AE, MLO jobs; U/W, HELOC, DSCR, MSR products; UWM, Rocket 1st quarter stats; approaching training, webinars, & conferences
• Tuesday, May 10 May 10: MLO jobs; warehouse, call center, non-QM, processing, lead gen products; Fed’s Financial Stability Report
• Monday, May 9 May 9: MI, Cap. Mkts., MLO jobs; consulting, appraisal, prequal, MI, specialty products; Costco, SoFi, & mortgages; rates march higher
• Saturday, May 7 May 7: Hedging ARMs; vendor news; Fannie deals; animal lovers: don’t read the joke; Saturday Spotlight: The StoneHill Group
• Friday, May 6 May 6: MLO jobs; loss mit, text messaging, jumbo ARM, custom NFT, MSR financing products; strong jobs data continues
• Thursday, May 5 May 5: AE, MLO jobs; TPO, compliance, marketing, underwriting, audit tools; Is Black Knight worth 2x the NY Yankees?
• Wednesday, May 4 May 4: Marketing, MLO, AE jobs; servicing, automation, processing, sales tools; non-QM & jumbo investor news
• Tuesday, May 3 May 3: MLO & mgt. jobs; customer experience, non-QM, eClosing products; conventional conforming program adjustments
• Monday, May 2 May 2: AE, MLO jobs; HELOC, non-QM, pricing, eNote, AI, warehouse products; training & events through June
• Saturday, April 30 Apr. 30: Secondary market securitizations; vendor updates; social security numbers as passwords; basis points further explained
• Friday, April 29 Apr. 29: MLO jobs; marketing, HMDA dashboard, DSCR, tax programs; M&A news: Planet Home/Home Point, & Redwood/CoreVest
• Thursday, April 28 Apr. 28: MLO jobs; cap. mkts., underwriting, pre-qual, automation tools; Freddie results; May webinars & events; GDP tumbles
• Wednesday, April 27 Apr. 27: AE, MLO, bank LO jobs; audit, non-QM, DPA products; FHA, VA news; apps continue downward spiral
• Tuesday, April 26 Apr. 26: MLO jobs; TPO loan, customer service, CRA, QC, lead-gen tools; widespread Agency changes; why no decent ARM pricing?
• Monday, April 25 Apr. 25: U/W, AE, MLO jobs; fee processing, sales, PA tools; Blend layoffs, wholesaler stops locks; rates drop as growth falters
• Saturday, April 23 Apr. 23: Letters on irrational pricing, fraud warning; IMBs & servicing; one of my favorite jokes; Saturday Spotlight: Xactus
• Friday, April 22 Apr. 22: Sales mgt., MLO jobs; compliance, pre-approval, non-QM products; CrossCountry/LendUS acquisition and M&A success tips
• Thursday, April 21 Apr. 21: MLO jobs; TPO, CFPB exam, sales tools; marketing for purchase biz; interview with millennial homeowner
• Wednesday, April 20 Apr. 20: IMB wanted, AE, MLO jobs; TPO, cap. mkts. products; upcoming events & training; mortgage apps down, down, down
• Tuesday, April 19 Apr. 19: Ops, AE jobs; non-QM, DPA, jumbo news; training, servicing, marketing, dashboard tools; 10-year approaching 3 percent
• Monday, April 18 Apr. 18: MI, reverse, u/w, accounting jobs; cap. mkts., TPO, eClose, warehouse products; FHA, VA, USDA news
• Saturday, April 16 Apr. 16: Letter on CFPB/Transunion; Vendor news runs the gamut; FBI on new cybercrime & scam; Saturday Spotlight: Homeside Financial
• Friday, April 15 Apr. 15: Reverse, CFO, MLO, AE jobs; pre-approval, warehouse products; misc. investor changes; keen capital markets insight
• Thursday, April 14 Apr. 14: MLO jobs, IMB wanted; cap mkts., eClosing, borrower intelligence, automation products; Fannie & Freddie relentless changes
• Wednesday, April 13 Apr. 13: Sales, accounting, IT, MLO jobs; U/W, LOS, Fair Servicing products; new loan & servicing products; upcoming webinars & training
• Tuesday, April 12 Apr. 12: DTC/CD, MLO jobs; prospecting, processing, closing tools; primer on the expenses of hedging long-term locks
• Monday, April 11 Apr. 11: Product dev., AE, MLO jobs; BI, non-QM products; CFPB, CRAs, telemarketing, and HMDA; Comp survey; 2.75 10-year
• Saturday, April 9 Apr. 9: Three big cyber risks and protective measures; vendor updates; Lock volume stats; Saturday Spotlight: Lender Price
• Friday, April 8 Apr. 8: Reverse, MLO, AE jobs; 40-yr, jumbo, co-op, audit, credit, homebuyer tools; Freddie & Fannie program news
• Thursday, April 7 Apr. 7: Sales mgt., AE, MLO jobs; TPO loan products; social media, profitability products; MLOs helping financial literacy
• Wednesday, April 6 Apr. 6: MLO, AE jobs; eSign, jumbo, sales, appraisal products; warehouse wanted; FHA, VA news; QT ahead? Rates upward/apps downward
• Tuesday, April 5 Apr. 5: MLO jobs; PPE, business intelligence, jumbo products; April training & events; primer on yield curve significance
• Monday, April 4 4/4/22: Sales, MLO jobs; customer service, digital, warehouse, pricing tools ; Non-QM, jumbo, ARM news
• Saturday, April 2 Apr. 2: Compliance tidbits; Angel Oak shifts back lock policy; Fannie green deals; Saturday Spotlight: Seroka Brand Development
• Friday, April 1 Apr. 1: Correspondent, AE, MLO jobs; AI, underwriting, WealthBuilder products; non-Agency news, good and not so good
• Friday, April 1 April First Edition: MBA 2022 forecast; CFPB on the move; NMLS update; mortgage debt forgiveness plan
• Thursday, March 31 Mar. 31: AE, MLO jobs; capital markets, customer service, sales tools; flood insurance, climate change news from HUD & the SEC
• Wednesday, March 30 Mar. 30: Lender for sale, MLO jobs; Non-Agency, TPO, pre-approval, compliance, CRM products; Dallas Fed on housing;FINRA Rule 4210 update
• Tuesday, March 29 Mar. 29: CFO, LO jobs; cap. mkts., AI UW, efficiency, valuation, sales tools; conventional conforming news; progress in Ukraine?
• Monday, March 28 Mar. 28: AE, MLO, FHA jobs; TPO, processing, tax products; training & events into April; California IMB CRA update!
• Saturday, March 26 Mar. 26: U.S. population on the move; The Fed, MBS, and “tappable” equity; Agency CRT deals; Saturday Spotlight: TitleClose
• Friday, March 25 Mar. 25: MLO jobs; title company wanted; jumbo, custom letter products; FHA & VA developments; blockchain & mortgage update
• Thursday, March 24 Mar. 24: AE, MLO jobs; Secondary mktg., appraisal, fulfillment products; Home affordability slips; Jumbo news; crypto mortgages
• Wednesday, March 23 Mar. 23: MLO jobs; AI, social media, DSCR products, credit service products; IMB profits plummet; conforming conventional tidbits
• Tuesday, March 22 Mar. 22: Servicing, fee collection, underwriting, and licensing tools; customer service study; upcoming events & training
• Monday, March 21 Mar. 21: AE, Realtor LO, MLO, compliance jobs; cash flow worksheet, MBA membership products; thoughts on CFPB’s latest moves
• Saturday, March 19 Mar. 19: U.S. population growth stalls; Warehouse banks & fraud; vendor news; the CFPB & fees; Saturday Spotlight: Cenlar FSB
• Friday, March 18 Mar. 18: MLO jobs; TPO products, CRM, accounting products; primer on the Capital Markets job
• Thursday, March 17 Mar. 17: MLO jobs; upcoming sponsored events, compliance products; pool of loans for sale to CUs; CFPB & UDAAP; webinar on CRA & IMBs
• Wednesday, March 16 Mar. 16: CFO, MLO jobs; fulfillment, automation, CE products; TPO business tweaks & new products
• Tuesday, March 15 Mar. 15: Ops jobs, producer wanted; hedging, eClose, QC, AI, portfolio/non-QM products; conforming conventional news
• Monday, March 14 Mar. 14: Compliance, management jobs; Sales tools; BI, digital processing, VOE, servicing products; FHA, VA, & rural news
• Saturday, March 12 Mar. 12: Rate lock volumes; Inverted yield curve? Agency deals; Saturday Spotlight: ICE Mortgage Technology
• Friday, March 11 Mar. 11: Compliance, MLO, AE jobs; eClosing, eMortgage products; April full of conferences; news on CRA for IMBs
• Thursday, March 10 Mar. 10: MLO jobs, moves; non-QM, CFPB readiness, homeowner monitoring products; title survey; fast-approaching events; IDS sale
• Wednesday, March 9 Mar. 9: Copywriter, MLO jobs; loan sale, broker to banker, bank statement, QC tools; conventional conforming news
• Tuesday, March 8 Mar. 8: MLO jobs; borrower, disaster alert, verification, processing tools; Non-QM & non-Agency product news
• Monday, March 7 Mar. 7: QA analyst, compliance, cap. mkts. jobs; servicing, digital, customer service tools; retail lender news
• Saturday, March 5 Mar. 5: Vendor & 3rd party news; Agencies active in the secondary markets; Saturday Spotlight: American Advisors Group
• Friday, March 4 Mar. 4: Sec. mktg., MLO jobs; retention, broker, underwriting, warehouse products; new non-QM wholesaler; Ukraine driving rates
• Thursday, March 3 Mar. 3: Compliance, MLO, AE jobs; study on prepayments, MLO productivity, compliance, profitability tools; conforming conventional news
• Wednesday, March 2 Mar. 2: Portfolio, MLO jobs; dashboard, fulfillment, customer service tools; FHA, Ginnie, USDA news; UWM earnings
• Tuesday, March 1 Mar. 1: AE, MLO, servicing jobs; U/W, training, retention, profitability products; events & training in the coming weeks
• Monday, February 28 Feb. 28: AE, MLO, Bus. Dev. jobs; TPO, processing, CD, internal audit tools; Russian mortgage rates; Ukraine driving our bond market
• Saturday, February 26 Feb. 26: Primer on Credit Risk Transfers; vendor updates from coast to coast; Saturday Spotlight: New American Funding
• Friday, February 25 Feb. 25: MLO, AE jobs; Loan sales, POS, CD, jumbo products; Rocket earnings & industry changes; Ukrainian facts are impressive
• Thursday, February 24 Feb. 24: Subservicing, webinars, QC, verification, underwriting products; STRATMOR on 2022 trends; Ukraine helping rates, not 401(k)’s
• Wednesday, February 23 Feb. 23: MLO jobs; processing, margin compression, customer service tools; in-person events & online training fast approaching
• Tuesday, February 22 2-22-22, Twosday: Ops, AE jobs; retention, profitability, dashboard, data analysis tools; new jumbo & non-Agency programs and news
• Monday, February 21 Feb. 21: Compliance, MLO, U/W jobs; processing, disclosure, broker tools; conventional conforming changes; fraud report; refi to purchase shift
• Saturday, February 19 Feb. 19: Notes on simple cyber security, housing after a disaster, 3-D construction, prepayment speeds; Saturday Spotlight: Sun West
• Friday, February 18 Feb. 18: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; servicing, accounting, compliance, sales tools; Polly CEO interview on margin compression
• Thursday, February 17 Feb. 17: MLO, CFO jobs; lead gen., database, tax service, non-Agency products; housing starts & building permits attract attention
• Thursday, February 17 Feb. 17: MLO, CFO jobs; lead gen., database, tax service, non-Agency products; housing starts & building permits attract attention
• Wednesday, February 16 Feb. 16: MLO, Ops jobs; cap. mkts., DSCR, broker products; news from Freddie & Fannie; what is the CDFI program?
• Tuesday, February 15 Feb. 15: Ops, AE, MLO, sales jobs; sec. mktg., eNote, eVault, servicing products; Feb events & webinars; inflation data continues hot
• Monday, February 14 Feb. 14: MLO, FHA jobs; sec. mktg., fee collection, MSR acquisition tools; deep dive into recent rate moves; M&A; fine Valentine video
• Saturday, February 12 Feb. 12: Vendor cash infusion; letters on why bonds did what they did, 2nd home & high bal hits, & Habitat for Humanity
• Friday, February 11 Feb. 11: Appraisal, Bus. Dev., COO jobs; vendor mgt., QC, borrower retention tools; CX strategy; Dave Chappelle & affordable housing
• Thursday, February 10 Feb. 10: MLO, FHA jobs; processing efficiency tools; TPO, non-QM, education products; consumer inflation number pushes 10-year near 2 percent
• Wednesday, February 9 Feb. 9: Ops, AE, MLO, management jobs; subservicing, disclosure, POS , compliance tools; March events; apps slow further
• Tuesday, February 8 Feb. 8: MLO, FHA jobs; QA/QC, tax & flood service, non-QM, USDA renovation, disclosure products; upcoming training & events
• Monday, February 7 Feb. 7: MLO, management, cap. mkts. jobs; jumbo buyer wanted; sec. mktg, sales, origination, processing tools; jumbo news around the biz
• Saturday, February 5 Feb. 5: Primer on the Fed, higher rates, and mortgages; vendor news; Agency deal primer; digital identity tool; women drug humor
• Friday, February 4 Feb. 4: MLO jobs; pricing, non-QM, BI, subservicing tools; processing & pricing shifts; strong employment data shoots rates higher
• Thursday, February 3 Feb. 3: MLO, AE, cap. mkts. jobs; wholesaler wanted; hedge cost, QC, compliance tools; investor FHA changes; approaching in-person events
• Wednesday, February 2 2-2-22: Sec. mktg., tech, MLO jobs; hedging, sales, secondary marketing, underwriting products; compliance experts speak out on misconceptions
• Tuesday, February 1 Feb. 1: Tech sales, JV, secondary marketing jobs; insurance, customer service, U/W tools; Gov’t products changes of note, inc. FHA application process
• Monday, January 31 Jan. 31: MLO, AE, corresp. jobs; back office tech., purchase, vendor mgt., MSR acquisition products; early February remote events & training
• Saturday, January 29 Jan. 29: Full speed ahead on SOFR; vendors raising money & offering new products; Saturday Spotlight: Lender Toolkit
• Friday, January 28 Jan. 28: MLO, regional mgr., ops, AE, capital markets jobs; jumbo biz news; podcast interview with Milo CEO on crypto mortgages
• Thursday, January 27 Jan. 27: National bus. dev, MLO jobs; U/W, non-QM, processing tools; CD tips; conforming conventional shifts; the Fed has spoken
• Wednesday, January 26 Jan. 26: AE, MLO, Sales, management jobs; webinars, fee collection, vendor mgt. tools; money flowing to vendors; last week’s apps drop
• Tuesday, January 25 Jan. 25: Processing, AE, LO, FHA jobs; automation, efficiency, pricing, LOS products; Freddie & Fannie news, soup to nuts
• Monday, January 24 Jan. 24: AE, Encompass, sales jobs; underwriting, POS, subservicing, lead gen products; webinars & events to wrap up January
• Saturday, January 22 1.22.22: Letters on youth in lending, mortgage fraud, and M&A environment; Freddie deals; Saturday Spotlight: Eltropy
• Friday, January 21 Jan. 21: Servicing, MLO, reg. mgr. jobs; pre-qual, vendor mgt., subservicer review, warehouse products; pandemic to endemic?
• Thursday, January 20 Jan. 20: MI, MLO jobs; webinars today; training, automation, broker tools; write up on MLO purchase focus write up
• Wednesday, January 19 Jan. 19: MLO, pricing, U/W jobs; credit, homebuyer, non-QM tools; LLPA changes & condo news; MLO CE legal settlement
• Tuesday, January 18 Jan. 18: Warehouse, IT, MLO, AE jobs; automation, digital, home equity CRM products; LLPA perspective; Milo’s crypto-mortgage
• Monday, January 17 Jan. 17: MLO, FHA, CFPB jobs; QC, productivity, compliance products; in-person and remote, soup to nuts events & training
• Saturday, January 15 Jan. 15: Baltimore AG’s mortgage fraud indictment; Fannie’s deals; vendor news; thoughts on the Fed; Saturday Spotlight: New American Funding
• Friday, January 14 Jan. 14: Due diligence, U/W, reverse, CD jobs; processing, dashboard, CHLA priorities; Comp study; the changing face of the Fed
• Thursday, January 13 Jan. 13: AE, MLO, cap. mkts., leadership jobs; TPO, fraud, LOS, vendor mgt. tools; housing & inflation; Stearns’ business shut down
• Wednesday, January 12 Jan 12: LO wanted; prospecting, training, eClosing, pre-qual, property data tools; Redfin/Bay Equity deal; Powell & 7 percent inflation
• Tuesday, January 11 1/11/22: AE, MLO jobs; correspondent, sales, automation, vendor mgt. tools; disasters & higher insurance costs
• Monday, January 10 Jan. 10: AE, MLO, Sales, FHA jobs; customer service; digital, referral tools; primer on tight labor market & rate moves
• Saturday, January 8 Jan. 8: Vendor news runs the gamut; letter on youth in lending & tips for lenders; Saturday Spotlight: Homespire Mortgage
• Friday, January 7 Jan. 7: Compliance & QC, due diligence, MLO jobs; sec. mktg., processing, referral, automation tools; B2B lawsuits update
• Thursday, January 6 Jan. 6: AE, MLO, Mgt. jobs; contract, conversion, retention, margin mgt. tools; jumbo & non-QM news; rates near 2021 highs
• Wednesday, January 5 Jan. 5: HFA, Ops, AE, MLO jobs; non-QM, disclosure, hedging, HELOC & 2nd products; FHA news
• Tuesday, January 4 Jan. 4: MLO jobs; VA cash out, processing, referral tools; Paycheck Protection Program news; why mortgage rates are heading higher
• Monday, January 3 Jan. 3: MLO jobs, business available; digital, vendor mgt., training tools; January’s wide range of training & events

• Friday, December 31 Dec. 31: Morsels on gambling psychology, inflation fears, the flattening yield curve, and why mortgage prices are sometimes “sticky”
• Thursday, December 30 Dec. 30: MLO jobs; workflow, vendor mgt., digital processing tools; warehouse bank wanted; Freddie & Fannie news
• Wednesday, December 29 Dec. 29: Branch, MLO jobs; pre-approval, business intelligence, non-QM, reno products; workplace COVID changes & requirements
• Tuesday, December 28 Dec. 28: Management, MLO, branch jobs; broker, ECOA, VA cash out products; disaster news; thoughts on yield curve & IMBs
• Monday, December 27 Dec. 27: Ops, Bus. Dev., MLO jobs; purchase biz, eNote tools; FHA, VA, Ginnie news; inflation & savings
• Friday, December 24 Dec. 24: MLO jobs; VOE product; Like rust, regulators never sleep: CFPB, OCC, NCUA, DOJ news
• Thursday, December 23 Dec. 23: Branch mgr., MLO jobs; Encompass, rehab, CRM products; jumbo, non-Agency, non-QM changes
• Wednesday, December 22 12-22-21: Consumer direct, MLO jobs; HELOC, broker, POS/LOS products; FEMA news… private flood insurance for FHA loans?
• Tuesday, December 21 Winter Solstice: MLO jobs; processing, speakers bureau, marketing, subservicing products; conventional conforming changes; Rocket’s acquisition
• Monday, December 20 Dec. 20: JV President, AE, MLO, U/W jobs; Sales, tech, VOE tools; Freddie & Fannie changes continue; omicron & mortgage rates
• Saturday, December 18 Dec. 18: Books & videos for last-minute gifts; great anti-hacking tips… disposable emails? Saturday Spotlight: Consolidated Analytics
• Friday, December 17 Dec. 17: AE, MLO jobs; mentorship, TPO, QC report, CRM, pooling products; Ginnie: $2.14 trillion outstanding; Fed path set
• Thursday, December 16 Dec. 16: AMC, sales, secondary, ops jobs; PPE, customer retention, dashboard tools; lender profitability study; rates shrug at faster tapering
• Wednesday, December 15 Dec. 15: AE, MLO jobs; Pricing, subservicer, appraisal, jumbo & DPA products; deep dive & primer on the Fed’s discomfort
• Tuesday, December 14 Dec. 14: Data, AI, Encompass, workflow, lead conversion tools; credit tightening; approaching events & webinars; LO comp paper
• Monday, December 13 Dec. 13: MLO jobs; servicing, closing, AI, MI products; USDA, FHA, Ginnie news; rates quiet… holiday slow down?
• Saturday, December 11 Dec. 11: One swindle’s timeline; vendors merging, raising money, partnering; secondary market deals; an economic riddle instead of a joke
• Friday, December 10 Dec. 10: Sales, admin., MLO jobs; AI, TPO, warehouse, CRM tools; customer service tip; LIBOR cessation news; FDIC & CFPB tiff?
• Thursday, December 9 Dec. 9: MLO jobs; sec. mktg., broker, non-QM, disaster, dashboard tools; VA & FHA changes; how ’bout those jobless claims!
• Wednesday, December 8 Dec. 8: Sales, appraisal, MLO jobs; jumbo, processing, servicing, warehouse tools; Better.com’s woes; deep dive into cap mkts.
• Tuesday, December 7 Dec. 7: Sales training, VOA, talent acquisition, marketing tools; CFPB trends: No one should compete on compliance!
• Monday, December 6 Dec. 6: High level correspondent, warehouse, sales jobs; referral, sales, VOE tools; fast-approaching events & training
• Saturday, December 4 Dec. 4: Reminders on LO comp structure; LIBOR transition & ARMs; vendor updates; Saturday Spotlight: The Work Number
• Friday, December 3 Dec. 3: MLO jobs; mentoring, recruiting, productivity tools; investor’s FHA, VA, USDA program news; Better.com layoff video
• Thursday, December 2 Dec. 2: Marketing, MLO jobs; homebuyer, fee collection, loan delivery tools; conv. conforming changes continue; IMB profits!
• Wednesday, December 1 Dec. 1: COO, QC audit, MLO jobs; coaching, jumbo, medical professional products; investors follow conventional conforming limit changes
• Tuesday, November 30 Nov. 30: AE, MLO jobs; ECOA, coaching, title, verification tools; events/training this week; rates driven by bad pandemic news
• Monday, November 29 Nov. 29: Branch mgr., non-QM, Encompass jobs; cash out, warehouse, fulfillment tools; lenders’ capital structuring news
• Saturday, November 27 Nov. 27: Password trivia; manufactured housing news; crypto marches on; vendor news; deals in the secondary markets
• Friday, November 26 Nov. 26: Jumbo, non-QM, ARM news; rates (and stocks) plummet in thinly-traded market on lousy pandemic news
• Wednesday, November 24 Nov. 24: Sales leadership, MLO jobs; jumbo, non-QM, credit, processing products; sponsored events; conventional conforming trends
• Tuesday, November 23 Nov. 23: Training, sales, MLO jobs; tech, sales, subservicing tools; fee changes & processing changes around the biz; Fed Chair Powell a “go”
• Monday, November 22 Nov. 22: Servicing, AE, LO, FHA jobs; FHA cash out, pre-approval letter, VOE, digital products; in-depth look at forces moving rates
• Saturday, November 20 Nov. 20: IMBs and CRA; letter on the inner workings of appraisers & AMCs: who, why, what, fees, and alternatives for appraisers
• Friday, November 19 Nov. 19: Business opportunities, MLO, AE jobs; del, non-QM products; Remember the False Claims Act? European lockdown driving rates
• Thursday, November 18 Nov. 18: Ops, HR, MLO, jobs; cap. mkts., comp, social media products; tech change study; dive into housing starts, Fannie’s 2022 forecast
• Wednesday, November 17 Nov. 17: L1 jobs; customer service, jumbo, pricing tools; nCino/SimpleNexus $1.2 billion deal; events to wrap up November; climate change humor
• Tuesday, November 16 Nov. 16: Reverse jobs; TPO loan, e-signature, sales, automation, U/W products; lenders & loan amounts; inflation & retail sales driving rates
• Monday, November 15 Nov. 15: Finance, AE, MLO, U/W jobs; Sales, automation, VA cash out products; inflation & rates; Freddie & Fannie updates
• Saturday, November 13 Nov. 13: Letters on appraisers and AMCs; vendors & new products; Saturday Spotlight: HouseCanary
• Friday, November 12 Nov. 12: AE, MLO, title franchise opportunities; eClose, TPO, operations efficiency tools; events and training into 2022
• Thursday, November 11 Veteran’s Day: MLO, sales jobs; TPO products, automation, sales tools; digital survey; compliance news: CRA, M&A, complaints
• Wednesday, November 10 Nov. 10: MLO jobs; securitization, MSR, analytics, desktop appraisal products; credit availability numbers; mortgage apps increase
• Tuesday, November 9 Nov. 9: Ops, MLO, AE jobs; tech, sales, risk mgt. tools; TPO/wholesaler news; Fed turnover spelled out
• Monday, November 8 Nov. 8: MLO jobs; VA cashout, HELOC servicing, bilingual tools; disaster updates; jumbo & non-QM morsels
• Saturday, November 6 Nov. 6: Letter on AMC accountability; vendor soundbites; Saturday Spotlight: Indecomm; consulting humor
• Friday, November 5 Nov. 5: Ops & Sales mgt. jobs, team available; automation, processing, title, due diligence tools; FHA & VA news; the Fed & rate increases
• Thursday, November 4 Nov. 4: Cap. mkts., MLO, U/W jobs; hedging, compliance, sales tools; Fed’s tapering & mortgage rates
• Wednesday, November 3 Nov. 3: MLO, DTC jobs; borrower-centric, purchase, medical professional products; investors’ Agency news
• Tuesday, November 2 Nov. 2: Training & events, secondary marketing, automation, U/W tools; loan amount breakdown; Agency news never stops
• Monday, November 1 Nov. 1: MLO jobs; Cap. mkts role wanted; HELOC, processing, MSR products; extensive range of training & events coming up
• Saturday, October 30 Oct. 30: HUD & operating losses, forbearance agreements; vendor news; Fannie deals; Saturday Spotlight: First Federal Bank
• Friday, October 29 Oct. 29: Warehouse, JV, MLO, DTC jobs; digital, sales, non-QM webinars; Rohit & the CFPB on the move; big-name mortgage co. earnings
• Thursday, October 28 Oct. 28: AE, LO jobs; Cap. mkts., compliance, homebuyer, pre-approval products; Fair Lending & compliance are in vogue
• Wednesday, October 27 Oct. 27: MLO jobs; TPO loan products; MBS, presentation, jumbo, business plan tools; primer on conforming loan amounts
• Tuesday, October 26 Oct. 26: MLO, AE jobs; sales, retention, processing, automation tools; tech spend study; Agency updates; disclosing ghosts?
• Monday, October 25 Oct. 25: MLO jobs; decisioning, retention, sales, processing tools; report on discrimination; perspective on Fed tapering
• Saturday, October 23 Oct. 23: Residential third-party provider news runs the gamut; Saturday Spotlight: PacRes Mortgage; Halloween humor begins
• Friday, October 22 Oct. 22: MLO jobs; BI, HELOC, joint venture, sales tools; bank market share study; upcoming events; jumbo news
• Thursday, October 21 Oct. 21: Recruiting, MLO jobs; processing, automation, pricing, MSR sales, non-Agency products; vendors to watch; wholesaler shifts
• Wednesday, October 20 Oct. 20: MLO, AE jobs; cap. mkts role wanted; Sales, retention, recruiting tools; processing shifts; F&F in-person appraisal tweak
• Tuesday, October 19 Oct. 19: Call center, LO jobs; post-closing, broker CRM, correspondent products; conference snippets; weak housing numbers
• Monday, October 18 Oct. 18: LO jobs & transitions; broker, credit, debt recovery, reverse mortgage products; Redwood results; wholesaler M&A and news
• Saturday, October 16 Oct. 16: Lender LIBOR transition update; advice for those in our biz; vendor M&A and new products; Saturday Spotlight: BeSmartee
• Friday, October 15 Oct. 15: MLO jobs; cap. mkts., analytics, decisioning, fee collection tools; processing changes; primer on tapering numbers
• Thursday, October 14 Oct. 14: AE jobs; loan, U/W, compliance, business intelligence products; condo & co-op Agency news; good jobs data
• Wednesday, October 13 Oct. 13: AE jobs; MBS quote, borrower, processing, TPO, eClose products; conforming conventional changes continue
• Tuesday, October 12 Oct. 12: LO, cap. mkts. jobs; automation, credit, processing products; conforming conventional news; new Redwood Trust deal
• Monday, October 11 Oct. 11: MLO jobs; Events this week; U/W, sales, VA/FHA purchase, reverse products; primer on supply chain issues & rates
• Saturday, October 9 Oct. 9: New employee industry advice; September lock stats; Agency deals; vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: LBA Ware
• Friday, October 8 Oct. 8: Sales jobs; LO, customer, non-owner, CRM UW productivity products; conforming loan amount fun; spate of lawsuits
• Thursday, October 7 Oct. 7: Title, AE, MLO, Ops jobs; MBS quote, trading, jumbo, warehouse products; conventional conforming changes continue
• Wednesday, October 6 Oct. 6: MLO jobs; business opportunity; reno, pricing, sales, customer service, processing tools; primer on conforming loan amounts
• Tuesday, October 5 Oct. 5: MLO jobs; sales, processing, automation, MSR valuation tools; events & training: MBA Annual hits 3,000
• Monday, October 4 Oct. 4: MLO, FHA jobs; sec. mktg., DPA, sales, MSR products; disaster news; jumbo/non-QM snippets; Tech survey
• Saturday, October 2 Oct. 2: Supply & demand in real estate; advice for newbies in our biz; personnel moves; Saturday Spotlight: Spring EQ
• Friday, October 1 Oct. 1: MLO jobs; loan products; purchase, CU, servicing, warehouse tools; FHA & USDA moves; rates treading water
• Thursday, September 30 Sep. 30: Management, TPO, MLO jobs; non-QM, jumbo, rate sheet, pooling products; impending events & training
• Wednesday, September 29 Sep. 29: Ops, MLO jobs; direct marketing, non-QM, TPO, servicing products; CECL primer for lenders: don’t ignore it
• Tuesday, September 28 Sep. 28: AE, MLO jobs; automation, sec. marketing, sales, non-QM products; USDA & FHA news; rates grind higher
• Monday, September 27 Sep. 27: MLO jobs; Capital markets, sales, tech, jumbo, debt recovery tools; disaster news; 10-year hits 1.50
• Saturday, September 25 Sep. 25: A bitcoin primer for dummies like me; Afghan football humor; Saturday Spotlight: Shamrock Home Loans
• Friday, September 24 Sep. 24: MLO jobs; whole loan trading, servicing, digital, jumbo, automation products; conforming conventional updates; a clever “joke”
• Thursday, September 23 Sep. 23: MLO, Ops jobs; blockchain, compliance training, consumer complaint products; mortgage M&A; Fed weighs in
• Wednesday, September 22 Sep. 22: MBA, LO, AE jobs; non-QM, jumbo, BPO, BE/mand, sales products; whole loan/PSPA execution change
• Tuesday, September 21 Sep. 21: Sales, MLO jobs; education, tax, sales, pre-qual, licensing products; lender stock prices; events; forbearance improvement
• Monday, September 20 Sep. 20: MLO, Controller jobs; Servicing for sale; subservicing, sales, reverse products; events & training; California’s zoning change
• Saturday, September 18 Sep. 18: Thoughts on equity & default, advice for minorities; vendor updates: Saturday Spotlight: Service 1st
• Friday, September 17 Sep. 17: MLO, Dir. of Sales, Controller jobs; HELOC, DPA, blockchain, CRM, sales tools; FHA & VA news; PSPA thoughts
• Thursday, September 16 Sep. 16: AE jobs; cap. mkts exec available; lock desk, VOE, sales, reporting tools; more conf. conv. changes; remote events today
• Wednesday, September 15 Sep. 15: AE, MLO jobs; jumbo, non-QM, retention, LOS products; FHFA’s welcomed policy pause on restrictions
• Tuesday, September 14 Sep. 14: AE, MLO, client service jobs; MSR, automation, app integration, warehouse, TPO products; forbearance numbers drop again
• Monday, September 13 Sep. 13: Regional, MLO jobs; processing, blockchain, O&E, fix & flip, reverse mortgage products; wholesalers & appraisals
• Saturday, September 11 Sep. 11: Must read “joke”; Vendor news snippets; Women provide career advice; Saturday Spotlight: Supreme Lending
• Friday, September 10 Sep. 10: AE, MLO jobs; exec looking for role; POS/LOS, automation, fulfillment, non-QM products; Wells Fargo’s C&D order
• Thursday, September 9 Sep. 9: Ops, MLO jobs; lender wanted; MBS trading, CRM, non-QM, processing products; lots & lots of upcoming events!
• Wednesday, September 8 Sep. 8: AE jobs; eClose, subservicing, processing, workflow, retention tools; TPO loan products
• Tuesday, September 7 Sep. 7: Non-QM, AE, MLO, FHA jobs; eVault, portfolio products, automation, closing cost products; training & events this week
• Saturday, September 4 Sep. 4: Note on compliance, affordable housing, demographics & housing; Saturday Spotlight: Thrive Mortgage
• Friday, September 3 Sep. 3: Bus. Dev., DTC, AE, corresp. jobs; marketing, processing tools; Conforming conventional program changes; jobs data & rates
• Thursday, September 2 Sep. 2: Corresp. mgt., AE, MLO jobs; pricing, cap. mkts., sales tools; appraisal M&A; disaster updates; comp survey
• Wednesday, September 1 Sep. 1: MI, MLO, multi-family jobs; HELOC, non-QM, sales, compliance products; bank-mortgage M&A; Agency news
• Tuesday, August 31 Aug. 31: MI, MLO jobs; fee collection, MLO CE, marketing, sales, UW tools ; FHA, USDA, Ginnie, VA changes
• Monday, August 30 Aug. 30: Ops, MLO jobs; wholesale products; sales, CRM products; disaster updates; upcoming training & events
• Saturday, August 28 Aug. 28: Tech & vendor news; Letters on MLO compliance, appraiser comp, advice for newbies; Saturday Spotlight: Symmetry Lending
• Friday, August 27 Aug. 27: Legal, private MI, MLO, Management jobs; renovation, blockchain products; MLO education trouble, RESPA settlement
• Thursday, August 26 Aug. 26: MLO, AE jobs; cap. mkts., advertising regulation, PPE, marketing, broker tools; tech funding; purchase biz study for MLOs
• Wednesday, August 25 Aug. 25: MLO jobs; eClose, AI underwriting, broker, warehouse products; investors react to Agency changes
• Tuesday, August 24 Aug. 24: MLO, AE jobs; Chatbot, processing, automation, trailing doc tools; non-Agency securitization numbers
• Monday, August 23 Aug. 23: Ops, MLO jobs; whole loan sales, jumbo, QC, home buying education products; Freddie & Fannie changes don’t stop
• Saturday, August 21 Aug. 21: Vendors raising money; Letters on MLO comp & small loans, recruiting 101, and career advice from women & people of color
• Friday, August 20 Aug. 20: Sales mgt., MLO jobs; HELOC, warehouse, blockchain, licensing tools; news on jumbo & non-QM products
• Thursday, August 19 Aug. 19: CU, MLO, U/W jobs; margin tracking, pooling, digital, title products; Fed’s asset purchase shift? Saudi MBS market kicks in
• Wednesday, August 18 Aug. 18: Corresp., MLO jobs; flood, warehouse, jumbo, non-QM, VOE products; FEMA news; leisure & the economy
• Tuesday, August 17 Aug. 17: Brokers wanted, MLO jobs; webinars of note; warehouse mgt., automation, reverse products; comp survey; rates slide
• Monday, August 16 Aug. 16: MLO, AE jobs; Events & training this week; AMC, CRM, jumbo, pre-qual products; UWM 2nd quarter earnings
• Saturday, August 14 Aug. 14: New companies raising $ and turning heads; letter on rate lock accounting; compliance joke; Saturday Spotlight: Monster Lead Group
• Friday, August 13 Aug. 13: Customer service, AE, MLO, sales mgt. jobs; LOS, sales, workflow tools; lender earnings dissected: what is an IRLC?
• Thursday, August 12 Aug. 12: MLO jobs; securitization, social media monitoring, CFPB servicing analysis, retention tools; MLO/customer service tips
• Wednesday, August 11 Aug. 11: Business wanted, MLO jobs; U/W, appraisal, non-QM, jumbo products; tech survey; investor’s GSE changes
• Tuesday, August 10 Aug. 10: DTC opportunity; Cap. Mkts., AE, MLO jobs; efficiency, automation, docs products; upcoming training & events
• Monday, August 9 Aug. 9: Corresp., AE, MLO jobs; diversity, VA, pricing, servicing products; Freddie’s renovation product & Fannie updates
• Saturday, August 7 Aug. 7: Letter on MLO customer service; Freddie, Fannie, Rocket, Zillow capital markets deals; Hooters’ refi
• Friday, August 6 Aug. 6: Business wanted; AE, MLO jobs; warehouse, broker products; FHA & loan mods; strong jobs data moving rates
• Thursday, August 5 Aug. 5: Corresp., Ops, AE, Sales Mgt. jobs; pricing, trading, non-QM, processing, QC, sales tools; August events & training
• Wednesday, August 4 Aug. 4: MLO, Ops, AE jobs; processing, analytics, jumbo, underwriting tools; M&A and news from the wholesale channel
• Tuesday, August 3 Aug. 3: A key hire, MLO jobs; hedging, sales, education, automation, processing tools; FHA & VA news
• Monday, August 2 Aug. 2: QM & non-QM AE, MLO jobs; verification, non-QM, HELOC products; events & learnin’; how ’bout these rates!?
• Saturday, July 31 July 31: Changing thoughts on analyzing credit; vendor updates run the gamut; Saturday Spotlight: Bonzo
• Friday, July 30 July 30: AE, Sales, MLO, Ops jobs; whole loan trading, CRM, renovation products; Freddie & Fannie changes never stop
• Thursday, July 29 July 29: AE, MLO jobs; MBS delivery, processing, data breach tools; Redwood Trust earnings; ugh: weak GDP number
• Wednesday, July 28 July 28: AE jobs; processing, pricing, retention, sales tools; Ginnie, FHA, VA changes; why mortgages paying off early matters
• Tuesday, July 27 July 27: Nat’l sales, MLO jobs; sec. mktg., retention, workflow, doctor, automation programs; upcoming events & conferences
• Monday, July 26 July 26: MLO, corresp. & wholesale AE jobs; subservicing, tech, jumbo, retention tools; disaster news coast to coast
• Saturday, July 24 July 24: Readers weigh in on handling of adverse market fee change; vendor bits; Saturday Spotlight: Interfirst Mortgage
• Friday, July 23 July 23: HR, post-closing, controller, MLO jobs; NOO, HELOC, processing tools; Florida fraud case; LendingClub fee settlement
• Thursday, July 22 July 22: MLO, Ops jobs; tech, hedging, advertising compliance products; STRATMOR on customer experience; non-Agency updates
• Wednesday, July 21 July 21: MLO jobs, lenders wanted; U/W training, best ex optimization, jumbo products; STRATMOR & customer service; upcoming virtual events
• Tuesday, July 20 July 20: Corresp., MLO, AE jobs; marketing, sales, broker, originator, social media tools; STRATMOR tech survey
• Monday, July 19 July 19: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; tech training, MSR, text marketing, anti-fraud tools; goodbye Adverse Market Fee; rates continue down
• Saturday, July 17 July 17: Letters about lenders & AMCs, workplace equality, and cybsersecurity for small businesses & individuals; Saturday Spotlight: Usherpa
• Friday, July 16 July 16: Controller, AE, MLO jobs; ECOA, referral, broker, warehouse products; correspondent & wholesale news around the biz
• Thursday, July 15 July 15: MLO jobs; pricing, execution, retention, trailing doc, referral products; HUD, Ginnie, FHA/VA news
• Wednesday, July 14 July 14: Corresp., MLO jobs; jumbo, non-QM, VOE, warehouse products; Freddie & Fannie changes; more inflation numbers
• Tuesday, July 13 July 13: Ops director job; capital markets, underwriting, processing, non-QM, mobile products; Better’s overseas acquisition
• Monday, July 12 July 12: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; retention, credit, underwriting, subservicing products; training & events in the next few weeks
• Saturday, July 10 July 10: Notes from readers on how hacking works, credit scores & default risk, LOs & social media, AMCs; Saturday Spotlight: Sourcepoint
• Friday, July 9 July 9: Call center, CD, AE jobs; referral, non-Agency, warehouse products; Agency changes continue; rates take a breath
• Thursday, July 8 July 8: MLO, broker, RE Agent opportunities; wholesale & broker, lock desk products; layman’s look at downward move in rates
• Wednesday, July 7 7/7: MLO jobs; UW, fee reduction, jumbo, dashboard, processing tools; state regulatory shifts; rates waiting for economic rebound
• Tuesday, July 6 July 6: MLO jobs; pre-qual, warehouse, CE, marketing, sales tools; CFPB: worth keeping an eye on
• Monday, July 5 July 5: AE jobs; reverse, good-bye letter, VOE products; online webinars remain but in-person events come roaring back
• Saturday, July 3 July 3: Notes and news about housing numbers, owning Agency stock, Agency deals, and vendor deals & products
• Friday, July 2 July 2: AE, MLO, underwriter jobs; ECOA, productivity, QC tools; Agency updates; jobs report & mortgage rates
• Thursday, July 1 July 1: Cap. mkts., MLO jobs; broker wanted; trading execution, cost cutting, non-QM, AMC products; Investor processing tweaks
• Wednesday, June 30 June 30: Non-QM Mgt., CD, AE, MLO jobs; jumbo, verification, subservicer products; Non-Agency news around the biz
• Tuesday, June 29 June 29: Community lending, 1099, compensation, NOO, non-QM products; Government loan program changes ’round the biz
• Monday, June 28 June 28: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; credit, warehouse, tax & flood, MI tools; summary of FHA changes; upcoming events & training
• Saturday, June 26 June 26: AE jobs; Is title insurance a scam? Reader’s notes on AMCs, compliance, Agency changes; Saturday Spotlight: PHH Mortgage
• Friday, June 25 June 25: Senior management, AE, MLO, Ops jobs; Corresp., sales, warehouse products; Agency changes continue
• Thursday, June 24 June 24: MLO, Ops jobs; loan sales, presentation, social media compliance, workflow tools; FHFA leadership change: Now what?
• Wednesday, June 23 June 23: MLO jobs; lock, fee collection, marketing, jumbo, Encompass products ; Wall Street’s interest in our biz
• Tuesday, June 22 June 22: Reverse, non-QM, pricing, work flow, products; STRATMOR & customer service; con’t reaction to NOO & 2nd home Agency changes
• Monday, June 21 June 21: MLO jobs; subservicer, warehouse, VA, non-QM products; PHH/Reverse Mortgage deal; economic trends; upcoming events
• Saturday, June 19 Juneteenth: CFPB issues its Juneteenth statement; vendor M&A continues; Industry video wins awards
• Friday, June 18 June 18: AE, MLO jobs; Ignite, servicing, MIP tools; industry weighs in on disclosure process for Juneteenth
• Thursday, June 17 June 17: Bus. Dev. mgr., MLO jobs; sec. marketing, SaaS, purchase biz tools; Fannie addresses NOO & 2nd home policy
• Wednesday, June 16 June 16: MLO, AE jobs; servicing, sales, TPO, VOI products; Fannie & Agency shifts continue: 3 instead of 7 percent NOO cap?
• Tuesday, June 15 June 15: AE jobs; sec. marketing, training, processing, due diligence, TPO products; JVs & acquisitions
• Monday, June 14 June 14: Ops, MLO, AE jobs; servicing, dashboard, FHA pricing, VOA products; Agency shifts continue; events this week
• Saturday, June 12 June 12: Return to the office strategy & thoughts; Agency deals (gfee shifts?); Saturday Spotlight: Usherpa
• Friday, June 11 June 11: Non-QM, MLO, AE jobs nationwide; VA, PMI, ECOA, pricing; LO compliance products; bonds pause their rally
• Thursday, June 10 June 10: AE, Ops, MLO jobs; warehouse, sales, execution, analytics tools; tech survey; disaster updates
• Wednesday, June 9 June 9: Title, recruiting, MLO jobs; email, training, AI, lead, AMC products; wholesaler news; rates continue to slide
• Tuesday, June 8 June 8: LO, processing jobs; correspondent, presentation, pre-qual tools; PenFed/TIAA deal and other correspondent news
• Monday, June 7 June 7: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; VOA, biz intelligence, appraisal, landing page tools; events & training in June and into July
• Saturday, June 5 June 5: VAX pushback; the CFPB & forbearance; multifamily deals, vendor news; Saturday Spotlight: Trinity Oaks Mortgage
• Friday, June 4 June 4: Servicing, Ops, MLO jobs; purchase, appraisal, PMI, retention tools; Investors react to Agency changes
• Thursday, June 3 June 3: Underwriter, MLO, relationship mgr. jobs; sales, pricing, processing tools; VA & FHA changes of note
• Wednesday, June 2 June 2: MLO jobs; pricing, servicing, processing, VOE tools; non-Agency & jumbo updates; what’s new with LO comp?
• Tuesday, June 1 June 1: Ops, sales jobs; securitization, HELOC, verification, tech review, sales products; events and webinars to lead off June
• Saturday, May 29 May 29: Deal making in the vendor space; SOFR Agency deals; what is a drip buy? Saturday Spotlight: Vaultedge
• Friday, May 28 May 28: MBA, U/W, AE, construction lending jobs; multimedia, jumbo, warehouse, rental products; lenders react to GSE changes
• Thursday, May 27 May 27: Cap. mkts., MLO, AE, Ops jobs; loan sales, pricing, tax estimating products; is the Fed contributing to housing price escalation?
• Wednesday, May 26 May 26: MBA, MLO jobs; Marketing, customer service, VA, retention tools; FHA & VA program shifts; housing: up, up, up
• Tuesday, May 25 May 25: MLO jobs; Non-QM, jumbo, audit, fulfillment, servicing risk, trailing doc products; STRATMOR’s thoughts on the market
• Monday, May 24 May 24: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; mixed-use, fulfillment, non-Agency products; in-person & virtual events and training run the gamut
• Saturday, May 22 May 22: Capital markets deals & activity; notes on returning to the office from WFH; a helping of vendor news
• Friday, May 21 May 21: Servicing, cap. mkts., corresp., MLO jobs; servicing risk, HELOC, MI, eClosing products & tools; investor disaster news
• Thursday, May 20 May 20: AE, MLO jobs; VOA, processing, pricing, marketing, comp webinar tools; investors’ Agency changes
• Wednesday, May 19 May 19: Ops, MLO jobs; marketing, subservicing, HFA, warehouse products; Agency/GSE changes are ceaseless…
• Tuesday, May 18 May 18: Cap. Mkts., MLO jobs; pricing, processing, audit tools; events this week; forbearance numbers improve; SoFi’s SPAC IPO
• Monday, May 17 May 17: Corresp., construction, sales jobs; non-owner, POS products; Customer service tips; jam-packed webinar & training week
• Saturday, May 15 May 15: Letters on the money supply & inflation, the recovery’s disparities, and compliance concerns; Saturday Spotlight: Stewart
• Friday, May 14 May 14: Underwriting, MLO jobs; DPA, non-QM, customer service tools; misc. company news indicates trends
• Thursday, May 13 May 13: MLO, Ops jobs; cross-border lending, processing, recruiting products; MBS issuance webinar; Quicken name change
• Wednesday, May 12 May 12: MLO, AE jobs; lead gen, turn time, jumbo products; Guild/RMS deal; how much is Better.com worth?
• Tuesday, May 11 May 11: Ops. mgt., MLO jobs; renovation, docs, retention non-QM training tools; product updates run the gamut
• Monday, May 10 May 10: Sales jobs; retention, purchase, servicing, reverse products; webinars and training; interview with economist Elliot Eisenberg
• Saturday, May 8 May 8: Chicken wings are how much? MI & vendor news and results; Freddie SOFR deals; Saturday Spotlight: ReadyPrice
• Friday, May 7 May 7: Accounting, Ops, MLO jobs; AMC, lead, warehouse products; financial transparency in our biz; employment figures sink rates
• Thursday, May 6 May 6: Reverse, MLO, Ops jobs; pricing, best-ex, QC products; compliance and risk notes & information
• Wednesday, May 5 May 5: AE, MLO, product jobs; servicing, appraisal, marketing products; Genworth/Enact, LoanSnap IPO news
• Tuesday, May 4 “May the 4th be with you” Day: Processing, MLO jobs; warehouse, marketing, eClose, efficiency tools; disaster updates
• Monday, May 3 May 3: Secondary, MLO, & sales jobs; HELOC, bridge financing, Non-QM, verification products; upcoming events, in-person and virtual
• Saturday, May 1 May 1: Letters regarding Agency changes; vendor news; Securitizations: Agencies don’t only do SFH
• Friday, April 30 Apr. 30: CRM, Ops, Consumer Direct, AE, LO jobs; JV and MSA updates; Redwood Trust results; CFPB action
• Thursday, April 29 Apr. 29: Corresp., AE, LO jobs; digital, warehouse, processing, pricing products; Freddie & Fannie news incl. earnings
• Wednesday, April 28 Apr. 28: LO jobs; lead gen, servicing risk, presentation, DPA, valuation tools; M&A firestorm; housing: strong like bull
• Tuesday, April 27 Apr. 27: Secondary mktg., AE jobs; workflow, payment, doc tools; company sponsored events; VA & FHA updates
• Monday, April 26 Apr. 26: Servicing, sales jobs; processing, broker, price products; in-person and virtual events & training coming soon
• Saturday, April 24 Apr. 24: Vendors partnering; building & housing issues go back years; Saturday Spotlight: Service 1st
• Friday, April 23 Apr. 23: MLO jobs; LOS, sales, ARM, HELOC, servicing risk products; Ocwen, PHH, TCB, Redwood Trust company news
• Thursday, April 22 Apr. 22: Corresp., MLO, Ops jobs; retention, servicing, construction-to-perm products; fraud report; CFPB, compliance, and legal shifts
• Wednesday, April 21 Apr. 21: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; subservicing, jumbo, sales products; MLO to broker training; investor underwriting changes; real estate “humor”
• Tuesday, April 20 Apr. 20: Training, AE jobs; pricing, risk mgt., dashboard tools; servicing package for sale; investors adapt to Agency shifts; UW humor
• Monday, April 19 Apr. 19: MLO jobs; sales, jumbo, purchase biz products; lots of events & training, from soup to nuts, in the next few weeks
• Saturday, April 17 Apr. 17: Letters on Agency buybacks and appraisal waivers; Saturday Spotlight: Embrace Home Loans
• Friday, April 16 Apr. 16: Lock desk, MLO, underwriter jobs; POS, workflow, digital tools; Agency’s trend: not your friend?
• Thursday, April 15 Apr. 15: AE, Ops, Sales jobs; Sec. mktg., NOI, QC, diversity products; NewRez/Caliber deal; servicing retention study
• Wednesday, April 14 Apr. 14: MLO jobs; risk reduction products; marketing, workflow tools; JP’s earnings, and the MBA’s take on 2020’s profits
• Tuesday, April 13 Apr. 13: MLO jobs; HELOC, renovation, jumbo, sales products; new correspondent investor for non-QM & QM loans
• Monday, April 12 Apr. 12: Sec. mktg., MLO jobs; customer support, servicing products; upcoming webinars cover everything from origination to servicing
• Saturday, April 10 Apr. 10: Survey on Agency shifts; Vendor news; Freddie K Deals; Saturday Spotlight: First Community Mortgage
• Friday, April 9 Apr. 9: Sales mgt., MLO jobs; non-QM, processing, ECOA, subservicing tools; Administration & housing
• Thursday, April 8 Apr. 8: Non-QM, reno, jumbo products; SaaS, sales, underwriting products; correspondent news; underwriting shifts
• Wednesday, April 7 Apr. 7: AE, MLO jobs; subservicing, workflow, marketing, processing tools; FHA news; events this week
• Tuesday, April 6 Apr. 6: MLO jobs; post-close, processing, sec. marketing tools; conventional conforming shifts of note
• Monday, April 5 Apr. 5: AE jobs; lead gen products; wholesaler’s new products; training, events, & webinars on sales and operations
• Saturday, April 3 Apr. 3: Agency deals in the secondary markets help rates in the primary market; Saturday Spotlight: Candor
• Friday, April 2 Apr. 2: Tech, MLO, AE, Non-QM, Ops jobs; Non-Del, servicing, reno products; changes in flood insurance ahead?
• Thursday, April 1 Apr. 1: Recruiting, AE, MLO, Ops jobs; hedging, HELOC, anti-fraud tools; CFPB meeting transcript; F&F’s bold move; deep dive into rate trends
• Wednesday, March 31 Mar. 31: MLO jobs; broker, jumbo, leads, presentation, liquidity tools; FHA, Ginnie, USDA news in context
• Tuesday, March 30 Mar. 30: MLO jobs; jumbo, workflow, retention products; Agency risk changes ahead; Want a 6 month lock? MISMO President interview
• Monday, March 29 Mar. 29: AE, MLO jobs; sales, subservicing, automation products; virtual conferences & webinars with in-person events coming
• Saturday, March 27 Mar. 27: Shielding income; motivating WFH employees; vendor updates; Saturday Spotlight: Iron Mountain
• Friday, March 26 Mar. 26: IT sales, MLO, Ops jobs; rate protection, broker products; F&F changes; con’t forbearance improvement
• Thursday, March 25 Mar. 25: MLO, branch, Ops jobs; sales, POS, warehouse products; STRATMOR Ops paper; Ginnie, FHA, VA, USDA updates
• Wednesday, March 24 Mar. 24: IT, AE, marketing jobs; comp, retention, pre-approval tools; non-QM there for non-owner & 2nd homes?
• Tuesday, March 23 Mar. 23: MLO jobs; sales, tech., subservicer audit products; approaching webinars & training; forbearance numbers decline further
• Monday, March 22 Mar. 22: MLO, Ops, AE jobs; purchase, non-QM, underwriting tools; wholesaler news; “Liquidity Ratio” impacting mortgage rates
• Saturday, March 20 Mar. 20: Vendors’ products, partnerships, progression, proficiencies; Saturday Spotlight: Merchants Bank of Indiana
• Friday, March 19 Mar. 19: HELOC, AE, Non-QM, MLO jobs; rental market snapshot; non-QM products; Ceaseless Agency news & price changes
• Thursday, March 18 Mar. 18: MLO jobs; pricing, sales, DPA, pricing, QC reporting products; wholesale & correspondent news; bond market/Fed disconnect
• Wednesday, March 17 Mar. 17: MLO jobs; broker, underwriting, non-QM, processing tools; does the Fed expect a fast, hot recovery?
• Tuesday, March 16 Mar. 16: MLO, recruiting, training jobs; sales, doc, processing tools; LLPA price adjustment changes sweep through investors
• Monday, March 15 Mar. 15: Ops, MLO, AE, compliance jobs; HFA, URLA, servicing products; upcoming training & events; rates stable, for now
• Saturday, March 13 Mar. 13: The CFPB removes doubt on intent; Mike Cagney on Rohit Chopra; state-level changes: Oregon, HOA fees, and a foreclosure
• Friday, March 12 Mar. 12: Fulfillment, MLO, product dev. jobs; mail, CRM, presentation, digital products; Freddie & Fannie shifts; Mike Cagney interview
• Thursday, March 11 Mar. 11: Sec. Mktg., MLO, Ops jobs; compliance, broker, correspondent products; free events this week; Fannie constricts footprint
• Wednesday, March 10 Mar. 10: DPA, automation, sales, AMC, compliance products; broker & correspondent tools; economy quietly gearing up
• Tuesday, March 9 Mar. 9: Sales mgt., MLO jobs; processing, FHA, efficiency, video products; Dr. Fratantoni on the economy
• Monday, March 8 Mar. 8: Credit, AE, MLO, branch jobs; automation, FHA/VA, fintech, URLA products; events & training from your divan
• Saturday, March 6 Mar. 6: LIBOR phase out details; Agency deals continue, helping borrower’s mortgage rates; Saturday Spotlight: ReadyPrice
• Friday, March 5 Mar. 5: Recruiting, training, MLO, AE jobs; DPA, tech products; principals and attorneys weigh in on wholesale tumult; strong jobs data!
• Thursday, March 4 March 4th: LO, Ops, AE jobs; HELOC, efficiency, AMC, sales, VOE tools; podcast for LOs; jumbo & non-QM news
• Wednesday, March 3 Mar. 3: AE, MLO jobs; broker, sales, VOE tools; URLA & processing news; more talk of an economic recovery
• Tuesday, March 2 Mar. 2: New products, fee collection, sales, VOE tools; events and webinars: all this week!
• Monday, March 1 Mar. 1: Ops, MLO jobs; sales, non-QM, HELOC products; Agency & investor disaster policies; the Fed & rates
• Saturday, February 27 Feb. 27: Readers’ letters on the CFPB, rates, and how lenders will keep lending; Saturday Spotlight: Symmetry Lending
• Friday, February 26 Feb. 26: Lenders hiring MLOs; correspondent, tech, servicing, tech products; what you should know about yesterday’s rate move
• Thursday, February 25 Feb. 25: Ops, MLO jobs; cap. mkts., valuation, default, fulfillment tools; technology & processing notes
• Wednesday, February 24 Feb. 24: MLO jobs; servicing, customer service, decisioning, retention tools; events & training this week
• Tuesday, February 23 Feb. 23: MLO, Ops jobs; underwriting, loss mit, broker, corresp., jumbo products; VA, FHA, Ginnie changes
• Monday, February 22 02-22-21: MLO, Ops management jobs; performance, pricing, analytics, home equity products; Freddie/Fannie changes
• Saturday, February 20 02-20-21: Reader letters on recruiting, 2021 expectations, and credit; Saturday Spotlight: Maxwell; a clever joke
• Friday, February 19 Feb. 19: MLO & Ops jobs; fee collection, HELOC, renovation products; comp survey; bank M&A trends; lead sources
• Thursday, February 18 Feb. 18: AE, MLO, Ops jobs; rule logic, subservicer, non-QM, POS products; rate moves partially impacting rate sheets
• Wednesday, February 17 Feb. 17: Ops, MLO, management jobs; broker, non-QM, communication tools; AmeriHome/Western Alliance deal numbers
• Tuesday, February 16 Feb. 16: IT, MLO, training jobs; VA IRRRL, sales, final doc tools; non-Agency product trends; Mortgage rates? Ouch!
• Monday, February 15 Feb. 15: Retail sales jobs; ECOA, sales tools; virtual events and training from soup to nuts, all from your living room
• Saturday, February 13 Feb. 13: Vendor news from around the biz; letters on credit concerns; Saturday Spotlight: LHM Financial
• Friday, February 12 Feb. 12: Private bank, correspondent, MLO jobs; CRM, jumbo, sales tools; LDI now public; Wells’ PPP fraud example
• Thursday, February 11 Feb. 11: AE, MLO jobs; warehouse, anti-fraud, pricing products; Federal Reserve: steady as she goes
• Wednesday, February 10 Feb. 10: M&A, IT jobs; VOE, CRM, non-QM products; conventional conforming news; CPI: no inflation worries
• Tuesday, February 9 Feb. 9: MLO jobs; jumbo, investor programs; processing tools; MISMO fee update; thoughts on credit; training & events – many this week
• Monday, February 8 Feb. 8: CRM, Ops, MLO jobs; Pooling, processing, broker, recruiting products; a shift in CFPB thinking? Rates creeping higher
• Saturday, February 6 Feb. 6: Notes on housing and the economy; capital being injected into vendors; Saturday Spotlight: FlexPoint, Inc.
• Friday, February 5 Feb. 5: Credit, AE, MLO, marketing jobs; bridge loan, POS, VA IRRRL, servicing products; how to block trigger lead sales
• Thursday, February 4 Feb. 4: Lock desk, credit, MLO, Ops jobs; underwriting, pricing tools; DACA, URLA changes; primer on the secondary markets
• Wednesday, February 3 Feb. 3: Senior Credit, writing, Ops, MLO jobs; non-QM, HELOC, new lender news; fast-approaching training & events
• Tuesday, February 2 02/02/21: M&A, sales jobs; sales, pre-approval, hobby farm products; events & training; wholesale & correspondent soundbites
• Monday, February 1 Feb. 1: REIT, MLO, Bus. Dev. jobs; warehouse, MI, AMC, HELOC products; MSRs, the economy, servicing, and the CFPB
• Saturday, January 30 Jan. 30: LIBOR phase out updates; note on the economy & lenders; Saturday Spotlight: ClosingCorp
• Friday, January 29 Jan. 29: Sales Director, MLO, branch jobs; servicing, sales, jumbo products; URLA and 4506-C news bites
• Thursday, January 28 January 28: Ops, MLO, IT jobs; MSR, originator ranking, digital tools; FHA’s bevy of news; Ginnie’s eNote pool
• Wednesday, January 27 Jan. 27: Encompass, training, credit risk jobs; pricing, sales, reno products; training on securitization & other upcoming events
• Tuesday, January 26 Jan. 26: MLO jobs; Sales, pricing, processing, correspondent, products; LO productivity study; FHFA disaster news
• Monday, January 25 Jan. 25: MLO, Ops jobs; broker, VOE, servicing, MI tools; imminent training & virtual events from your living room
• Saturday, January 23 Jan. 23: Reader’s thoughts on Freddie & Fannie’s pricing, capital, and future; Saturday Spotlight: Truework
• Friday, January 22 Jan. 22: MLO jobs; broker, recruiting, HELOC products; Freddie & Fannie compliance reminders; a clever joke
• Thursday, January 21 Jan. 21: Retail, Correspondent jobs; performance, non-QM, sales tools; STRATMOR strategy paper; DACA & FHA
• Wednesday, January 20 12021: Ops, AE jobs; Sales, leadership, tech, pricing tools; VA, Ginnie, FHA changes incl. URLA update
• Tuesday, January 19 Jan. 19: IT, AE jobs; jumbo, origination, productivity tools; thoughts on the CFPB nominee; training & events this week
• Monday, January 18 Jan. 18: Subservicing, MLO, Ops, private client jobs; recruiting, fee collection, sales, borrower communication products
• Saturday, January 16 Jan. 16: Letters on FHFA’s execution restrictions; Big bank’s mortgage earnings; vendors fundraising; Saturday Spotlight: ActiveProspect
• Friday, January 15 Jan. 15: Retail, Ops jobs; appraisal, non-QM, jumbo, DPA products; industry weighs in on good Freddie/Fannie news
• Thursday, January 14 Jan. 14: Warehouse, sales jobs; digital, AMC, pricing tools; comp survey; new cap. markets, broker, corresp. products
• Wednesday, January 13 Jan. 13: Retail, recruiting jobs; servicing, appraisal, income calculation tools; upcoming virtual training; MSA FAQs
• Tuesday, January 12 Jan. 12: Sales, MLO jobs; home ownership, non-QM, PPE, sales tools; conventional conforming updates around our biz
• Monday, January 11 1.11: Sales management, MLO jobs; recruiting, VA IRRRL, non-QM products; litigation is expensive; HMDA season has begun!
• Saturday, January 9 Jan. 9: Letters from readers on IPOs (next up, HomePoint?), taxes, non-QM; Saturday Spotlight: Homespire Mortgage
• Friday, January 8 Jan. 8: Reverse, MLO, Ops jobs; social media, efficiency, CRA, CRM products; broker training; neobank closures & SoFi IPO
• Thursday, January 7 Jan. 7: Compliance, MLO, AE, Ops jobs; appraisal, profitability tools; upcoming events; rates creep higher: why?
• Wednesday, January 6 Jan. 6: DTC, correspondent, MLO jobs; staffing, compliance, MI products; Agency forbearance uncertainty: questions remain
• Tuesday, January 5 Jan. 5: Tech & sales jobs; sales, investor, workflow products; training & webinars from the comfort of your BarcaLounger
• Monday, January 4 Jan. 4: MLO, Ops jobs; COO seeking role; subservicer, URLA, VA IRRRL, HELOC, MSR products; non-QM lender rebrand
• Saturday, January 2 Jan. 2: Population stats worth a skim; Freddie and Fannie, still doing deals while others debate their future