

MBS Day Ahead: Plenty to Hope For, but Little to be Sure About
High-momentum trends can pause, reverse, or fizzle. More often than not, the early stages of all three of those options look exactly the...


Foreclosure Spikes Signal "Spring Cleaning" RealtyTrac says
As the housing industry continues to recover we see occasional troublesome spikes in one statistic or another. RealtyTrac reported a...


Mortgage Application Volume Reacts to Rising Rates
The on and off refinancing boomlet that has sporadically driven mortgage application volume since the first of the yearwent missing again...


NewDay Fined by CFPB; VA Lenders in Super Lien States: Watch Those Reps & Warrants!
There are plenty of states with plenty of mountains. In fact, while many say it is "as flat as a pancake" in Kansas, you might be...


VA Certificate of Eligibility
After establishing that you are eligible, you will need a Certificate of Eligibility (COE). The COE verifies to the lender that you are...


Lots of Agency Updates; Volume Estimates for 2015 - Helped by New Mod Plan?
"Rob, do you know where I can find a list of the largest credit unions?" Yes I do: credit union ranking. Credit unions in the United...
Mortgage Rates Can't Catch a Break Recently
#VAMortgageInFloridaForPeopleWithBadCredit #vahomeloansinFloridawithbadcredit


MBS Day Ahead: Recent Pain for US Bond Market May Just be Price of Admission
Remember 2008 though the middle of 2011, or the 2nd half of 2013? Me neither, but I went back and read a few of my old posts and think I...


Veterans Matter helps their 500th homeless Veteran
Veterans Matter, a Toledo, Ohio, based Veterans service organization was created in 2012 to help house 35 local homeless Veterans in the...


M&T, S&P, Morgan Stanley, & Moody's Legal Updates; Training Events
In the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to visit Florida, Oregon, Colorado, Southern California (its own state), Arizona, Texas,...







