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“What do hospital gowns and insurance policies have in common? You’re never covered as much as you think you are.” Although loan officers are not insurance experts, they are seeing the escalating cost of homeowner’s insurance impact affordability. (Last Friday’s TMC show focused on why insurance costs are rising.) Insuring homes is not the only issue, however. The average bill for the repair of an American vehicle is $4,437, and for an electric vehicle that is up to $6,618, about 49 percent higher. Collision insurance claims have increased 64 percent between ...

“Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.” But things are always changing. When I was a kid I “got a drink of water.” Now kids “hydrate.” Really? A few years ago, a good originator could do 10-20 loans per month. Now, it is rumored that 80 percent of volume is being done by 40 percent of originators, and lenders have instituted minimum production numbers: “If you’re not funding 2 loans per month, we’re going to let you find success elsewhere.” Diving into 2023’s production via NMLS looking at 234,000 records...

“I threw my phone from the roof, and it broke. I guess airplane mode wasn’t working.” Plenty of folks will be traveling soon. Here’s some trivia for tomorrow at the dinner table! (One wonders if residential lending is heading in this direction) … But there are only 12 passenger airlines in the United States. That’s up from 10 just a few years ago but down from about 80 airlines at the peak industry in the 1980s due to a series of bankruptcies and mergers. Four of those companies (Delta, United, American, and Southwest) control 80 percent of the market,...

“This commentary is only available while supplies last!” In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, working hard in Plymouth Colony after coming to North America with limited supplies in 1620, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest: the nation's first Thanksgiving. No football was involved. (During the Lincoln Administration it became a national holiday in 1863 to be observed on the fourth Thursday of November.) 300 miles to the southwest, New Jersey has spent $2.6 billion replenishing the Jersey Shore with sand since 1922 and given the inexorable march of climat...

When you own your own home, you don’t have to deal with unreasonable landlords. (Warning: uncensored.) And then there are those who own their own homes that have no mortgage: almost 40 percent of Americans own their places outright, an all-time high. Do you think that you could live in 200 square feet? There are tiny homes, and then there is this place that kind of folds up! (Thank you to Arch’s Sharon K. for sending this along.) Meanwhile, among lenders there are many reports of, what is in effect, pick-a-pay, when the “referral” source is moved within the company....