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News From NAMB: October 5, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on October 05, 2017Top Story: Watt Implores Congress Not to Let Fannie/Freddie Go FundlessIn his appearance before the House Financial Services Committee this week, FHFA Director Mel Watt showed an evolving stand on GSE reform. It seems quite clear that the divide is too great to think that we will have GSE reform in the near future. With that realization, Watt advised the Committee that is not a sound... Read More |
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News From NAMB: October 2, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on October 02, 2017Top Story: Cordray Tells Equifax Get Used to a “New Regime” CFPB Director Richard Cordray told Equifax and the other bureaus, via CNBC and other media, “They’re going to have to recognize the old days of just doing what they want, being subject to lawsuits now and then, are over.” Cordray told PBS similar restrictions were on the way shortly after the incident became public. The CFPB intends to... Read More |
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News From NAMB: September 21, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on September 21, 2017Top Story: CFPB Finds TRID Violations Still Happening The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just released it September Supervisory Highlights which list adverse findings in their examinations. In the mortgage origination category, here are some of the common findings: ►Amounts paid by the consumer at closing exceeded the amount disclosed on the Loan Estimate beyond the applicable tolerance... Read More |
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News From NAMB: September 8, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on September 08, 2017Top Story: It Wasn’t Subprime Mortgages After All The more we research, the more we realize that, while subprime played a part, it was not the primary cause of the mortgage crisis. A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research says it was real estate speculators and flippers who created the problem. The authors used a huge panel of credit file data to examine the evolution of defaults... Read More |
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News From NAMB: August 31, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on August 31, 2017Top Story: First-Time Buyers Highest In 18 Years First-time buyers came out in droves in the 2nd quarter of 2017. More first-time buyers bought homes than in any quarter since 1999 according to Genworth’s latest Market Report. Q2 2017 zoomed past Q1 with 570,000 first-time purchasers compared to only 426,000 the previous quarter. First-time homebuyers accounted for 36 percent of all single-family... Read More |
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News From NAMB: August 28, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on August 28, 2017Top Story: The Death of the Real Estate Appraisal Profession The ball is rolling quickly to eliminate field appraisers from many loans. Freddie Mac announced this week that home buyers, not just those refinancing, may be eligible for an automated appraisal alternative. The advantages are huge. Appraisal management companies added a major layer of cost, driving appraisals from $300 to $500 in... Read More |
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News From NAMB: August 18, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on August 18, 2017Top Story: Federal Reserve is Stumped The minutes from Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting revealed one of the largest divisions of opinion we have seen. Clearly, the current economy makes no sense to the group. We have full employment but wage pressure seems contained, neither producers not retailers are raising prices, home sales are red hot, and yet we have no inflation and possibly... Read More |
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News From NAMB: August 11, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on August 11, 2017Top Story: Zillow May Have to Change Ad Model Zillow turned in pretty respectable results for the 2nd quarter but still managed to lose money. That is one of the weird things about stocks. It isn’t your profits; it’s your growth potential. Zillow said the CFPB is finished its investigation into possible RESPA kickback violations and they are talking settlement. Experts say it isn’t the fine... Read More |
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News From NAMB: August 4, 2017Submitted by John Councilman on August 04, 2017Top Story: Freddie Kills 1% Down Program Without giving a reason, Freddie Mac suddenly announced it was discontinuing its Home Possible Advantage program that allowed borrowers to have as little as a 1% down payment. Lenders were allowed to fund up to 2% of the borrowers down payment by slightly increasing the interest rate. The lone exception was UWM who did not require a rate increase for... Read More |
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Every Leader Needs a ProcessSubmitted by David Lykken on August 02, 2017In my consulting business, I spend the majority of my team working with mortgage industry leaders and their teams on refining their business processes. In my experience, there is simply no more effective way to achieve organizational success than by placing an intensive focus on business process improvement. If you can get your processes right, everything else will fall into place. While I... Read More |