While Fannie Mae is talking about relieving lenders from some reps and warranties surrounding appraisals, Freddie is announced that it is doing away with the current traditional appraisal report. This is a bold move that leaves many up in arms. Not surprisingly, the biggest protesters are appraisers. Freddie says they may accept the use of automated valuation reports, supplemented by…
Today, to reach and service more potential homebuyers, lenders need to embrace technology with the use of an online application process. Millennials expect it, and others are starting to get used to it. However, with refinancing opportunities dwindling lenders need to once again concentrate their production attention on the purchase business. According to a recent Freddie survey, that business still…
This is a question that I hear quite often when auditing loans. The argument is that “the guidelines” don’t require them. I say better be safe than sorry. The “guidelines” do say the lender is required to re-verify the income used to qualify the loan. How else can you re-verify self-employment income other than with tax transcripts? Letters from the…
Today is the day to step back from all the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, to set aside our differences and come together for one common cause. Not to stand behind the new President-Elect, although we should. but to honor all those men and women who have served us and our nation as members of the Armed Services.…
Hiring among non-bank mortgage lenders increased in September, adding 2200 full-time employees to their payrolls. That’s a big jump from the 900 hires they added in August. The additions were part of a rise in September employment to 315,000 new jobs, the highest increase since 2008. Maybe things are looking up. This hiring increase by non-bank mortgage lenders comes at…
By all accounts, it cost a lender more money to originate and close a mortgage loan today than it did 10 years ago. But then again, what doesn’t cost us more today than it did 10 years ago? The question is how much is the increase, why, and is it worth it? That’s something each lender needs to decide. Recently,…
