Live Breaking News & Updates on Chief Operating Officer Craig Bechtle

“My dog is really worried about the rising price of groceries, with a can of dog food now costing $3. That’s $21 in dog money.” As I travel and speak with originators, besides the regulatory environment being a concern (the latest example being the CFPB suing Freedom Mortgage yesterday), the cost to produce a loan is still a problem, and for some it is about to worsen. The last MBA’s study calculated that total loan production expenses (commissions, compensation, occupancy, equipment, and other production expenses and corporate allocations) were $11k per loan in the second quarter. Talk of another round of credit cost changes swirl, good and bad, similar to the end of last year, prompted by Fair Issac and rippling through the bureaus and CRAs. (Any questions should be addressed to your credit provider.) (Today’s podcast can be found here. This week’s is sponsored by NotaryCam, your partner for The Perfect Close! Ease of use, additional closing ....

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