It’s important for any business to have a profile of the customers they serve. It’s no different in mortgage lending. Yes, it’s easy to think that a mortgage lender’s customer is obviously someone who is financing a home, but there’s a little more to it. That’s a little like thinking that everyone coming to a wedding will dance to the…
Author: Michael Vitali
Competing in the Digital Arena
I find it quite interesting to scan the daily headlines covering housing and mortgage lending. (I know, I gotta get a life!) Seriously, some recent headlines indicated: Mortgage rates tumble, but may head back up; Rates at 2017 low and may stay low; Application volume is down; but Credit availability is up What’s your take on rates, the housing market,…
Local Congressman Defends Position on Consumer Protection
Here’s an excerpt from a recent response written by Congressman Tom MacArthur, R-3rd of Toms River, New Jersey, to a letter to the Editor of the Burlington County Times. There’s more going on in NJ than Bridgegate and the Sopranos. “I’m writing in response to a recent letter to the Editor, “Dismantling consumer finance protection is a very bad idea”…
Brokers Go Digital
United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the nation’s leading wholesale mortgage lenders announced they now offer Brokers a completely digital platform for loan originations. Meet “Blink” (Borrower Link). According to a release by UWM, their new Blink system allows Brokers to compete with large lenders that offer online applications and a digital loan experience. Just like QuickenLoans’ Rocket Mortgage. The…
More Room in the Deep End of a Shrinking Mortgage Pool
According to a recent forecast from Fannie Mae, the projections for mortgage loan originations for 2017 now stands at about $1.5 trillion. Don’t get too depressed, although down from the past few years, that’s still quite a bit of loan volume. And it could be more; especially if you’re open to change and a little more risk. According to Jamie…
Talk About Adding Insult to Injury
Did you hear the one about the Bank who had to pay big bucks to the employee who blew the whistle on suspected illegal behavior? Wells Fargo has been ordered to rehire and pay a former employee $5.4 million dollars in back pay, legal fees, and compensatory damages after firing the employee for reporting violations under the Whistleblower Protection Act.…