Think carefully before you answer. How many times, after closing, have you found that some information about the loan, the property, and/or the borrowers is inaccurate? The LOS data is only as good as the data that is input by humans… and humans make mistakes. Here’s a great article in DSNews about LOS data written by LoanLogic’s President and CEO (my boss),…
MBA recently announced two promotions in their regulatory arena. Justin Wiseman is being promoted to Associate Vice President & Marketing Regulatory Counsel, and Sara Singhas is being promoted to Associate Regulatory Counsel, mainly responsible for all servicing issues. Congrats to both! These promotions are the result of the retirement of Ken Markinson, current MBA Vice President, and Regulatory Counsel. Well…
With all the buzz around implementations using technology and a digital loan process, some say the role of the loan originator (LO) may be diminished, if not eliminated. Recent studies have shown that, although many homebuyers want access to a digital process that is online, they still want the comfort and certainty of having a human being available for assistance…
To borrow a slight variation of a phrase used by James Carville, campaign strategist to President Bill Clinton, the economy is dictating what is happening in the housing markets and homeownership rates. Recent studies by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank in Washington, DC, found that the American Dream of homeownership may be slipping away. Today, we have…
Not too long ago, the rage was all about loans being offered by various lenders with a minimum of a 1% down payment coming from the borrower. Freddie Mac was the secondary source purchasing these loans. This was done to increase homeownership by reducing the amount needed upfront for a buyer to purchase and finance a home. It sounded like…
Hey, did I tell you that the CFPB is in process of their required review of the effects of the QM/ATR rules implemented under Dodd-Frank? Well, they are! CFPB is looking into several lending areas to determine to successes or failures of the new rules. They’ll be reviewing quantitative data for loan originations, default rates, and loan performance. The data…
