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Ops, MLO Jobs; Sales, Non-QM, HELOC Products; Agency and Investor Disaster Policies; the Fed and Rates


Ops, MLO Jobs; Sales, Non-QM, HELOC Products; Agency and Investor Disaster Policies; the Fed and Rates
Mar 1 2021, 8:21AM
With the jump up in mortgage rates Thursday, and the move back down Friday, a few lock desk personnel wrote to me over the weekend asking about ways of keeping LOs who floated when rates were low, or locked loans at the bottom, off their back. Here you go. Certainly, the mortgage servicing rights of the 2020 book have become more valuable to those holding it as the perceived duration has increased: At this point who is going to refinance a 2.75 30-year mortgage (unless they need cash out)? Last year saw a continued wave of people in their 20s and 30s buying, or trying to buy homes. As this article points out (an important read for any MLO interested in first time home buyers), it is not an easy process saving up the down payment, qualifying for a loan, finding a property, presenting a winning bid, and then financing it. (To l ....

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Lenders Hiring MLOs; Correspondent, Tech, Servicing, Tech Products; What you Should Know About Yesterday's Rate Move


Lenders Hiring MLOs; Correspondent, Tech, Servicing, Tech Products; What you Should Know About Yesterday s Rate Move
Feb 26 2021, 7:56AM
Huh? Rates don’t continually go down and then stay there for an indefinite period of time? No, they don’t. There’s this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal: “We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April. COVID cases have dropped 77% in six weeks. Experts should level with the public about the good news.” Every lender will tell a client that good economic news is bad for lower rates. We return to the question of, “What’s a lender’s cost to create a servicing asset worth a point?” Yes, yesterday’s rate move was dramatic (we’re already seeing rates come back down slightly this morning, as you’d expect), but lenders are already reminding their production force about monetizing their own database. Is the servicer staying “front of mind” for clients? Lenders are already changing tactics. And c ....

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