Bryan Neitzelt News Today

“Affordable” means many things. There are residential lending industry jokes about making a loan on anything with axles or a license plate. (Like “don’t.”) Being “permanently affixed” is usually in the underwriting guidelines, which makes this story about someone having their driveway stolen very interesting. (In this clip a builder explains how the scam works.) There are plenty of trends in the builder world, one of which is “build for ren...

Don C. shot me a note saying, “My New Year's Resolution is to stop being so condescending! (Rob, condescending means talking down to people.)” Thank you for that… The jungle drums have Amerifirst (the one in Arizona, not Michigan which was purchased by Guild) shutting its doors on 12/31, and rumors have American Pacific’s recruiters working through a wide swath of the company. (Remember that anyone can post their resume for free here for employers to view. Peo...

Borrowers will bear the brunt of this, but rumors from several sources have Fair Isaac planning on giving most residential lenders an early Christmas “present,” effective 12/26, of higher fees for mortgage work incorporated into a new tier system. (Talk to your credit reporting agency or provider for details and tiering.) I heard a dealer in a Reno casino say that no one gets ruined by losing, they get ruined by trying to win back the money they lost. How hard is it to get back a l...