Okay, here’s a new one. Have you heard about this? Your Quality Control audits may work against you in a court of law (Hazardous QC). Wells Fargo may get slammed in court partly as a result of the findings from their internal quality control audit findings. Now, ain’t that a hole in the boat? With all the recent chatter about…
Well, it is finally April and thoughts of many Americans are to seek an extension from the Federal Government regarding the filing of their Tax Returns. However, the topic of this Blog Post is not income taxes but two widely discussed mortgage industry initiatives that have effective dates looming and extensions being sought by many entities. In Mike Vitali’s, B-Logics’…
Lately, all the buzz has been about this thing called “Big Data”. What is it and how can it best be used by business to target and attract more customers (Big Data)? Frankly, to me, it all sounds a little scary. Big data is basically all the information being collected about all of us based on what we do over…
Last week there was some rumbling about the possibility of the CFPB extending the start date for the required new TRID rules. Don’t get your hopes up (TRID Rule). CFPB is now making it quite clear that they have no intentions of extending the August 1st deadline. The requirements for the new rules and new forms will take effect for…
As a result of the upcoming TRID changes, and resultant lender liability, word on the street is that many large banks are considering handling the closings of their mortgage loans in house. Although most banks now handle equity line closings in-house, it’s not the same as doing a purchase transaction with a seller, buyer and Realtor involved. There are quite…
As I have mentioned in previous Blog Posts, several months ago, HUD/FHA released a draft copy of its “Origination through Post-Closing Endorsement” Handbook (4000.1) on its website. Most noteworthy is the fact that the policy & procedural changes that are being implemented by HUD/FHA via this Handbook are scheduled to be effective as of June 15, 2015 – which is…
