Mortgage Compliance

Be Careful What You Wish For

It may not be good grammar but it makes the point. When I travel, I often wonder who gets the flights that depart from gates 1, 2 or 3 at the airport. For some reason, it seems I always end up leaving from a gate at the very end of the terminal. Ironically, when returning from our recent LoanLogics Users…

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THE PLAYERS and LoanLogics at Sawgrass

I’m attending the inaugural LoanLogics User Conference, Vantage Point 2016, at the Sawgrass Marriott, in Ponte Vedra, Florida, home of THE PLAYERS Championship (TPC). The venue is great; the content informative, the attendees are learning and having fun and the food is spectacular; like the golf course. Unfortunately, we could not gain access to the golf course as everything is…

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Director Cordray “Tear Down That Wall”

There may be some light at the end of the TRID tunnel, and it’s not HMDA coming this way (just yet). In a letter sent to industry trade associations CFPB Director Richard Cordray finally officially acknowledged the challenges posed by TRID compliance. He also announced that as a result of such challenges CFPB is in the process of drafting a…

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Get an LO Pre-Nup

The recent decision in California in favor of Irvine-based, Mount Olympus Mortgage against Guaranteed Mortgage and a former Loan Originator, for corporate espionage (stealing loans) has lenders reviewing their contracts and employment agreements with their LOs. These contracts need to cover more than just compensation. They should also specifically spell out who “owns” the customer and what happens if, and…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

Who’s to Blame for the Housing Crash?

We finally have the answer to who is responsible for the devastating effects of the housing crash of 2008. No, it wasn’t the big banks, or Wall Street, or even those despicable mortgage bankers. According to Presidential hopeful, and most likely our next Democrat nominee for President, Hillary Clinton, it was those good ole Republicans. Who else? Silly me, I…

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