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The Buffalo Springfield sang, “There's something happening here… But what it is ain't exactly clear.” Those were historical times, and a reminder that things are always changing… In Whole Foods the other day I overheard a little girl speaking to another little girl (both in yoga pants) saying, “I’m vegan; I don’t eat candy from animal pinatas.” What the heck, that’s the focus now? For something a little more common sense, and relevant, the current blog on the STRATMOR website is, “The Secondary Market’...

This morning I head from Chicago to Atlanta, with a corresponding change in temperatures (20 degrees) and snow readiness (even the Chicago garbage trucks can be outfitted with plows; an inch of snow in Atlanta can paralyze the city for a day). “Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation.” Whether or not an individual believes in manmade, or natural, climate change, is immaterial. If investors in mortgage-backed securities, or insurance companies, do, and it impacts borrower pricing, or...

Mortgage down payments nearly doubled during the pandemic, underscoring the importance of the growing number of homebuyer assistance programs nationwide

Here in Louisville, at AgFirst’s Correspondent Lending Conference, much of the discussion involves going after builder business (“focusing on how fast they get paid so they can pay their subs”), rural programs (“know how to communicate with your clients, or else”), top producer success (“treat your processor like royalty, and fill out the information correctly in the first place,” “set boundaries,” “sell yourself, not rates”) and agriculture. In ag news, the amount of butter the U.S. has in cold storage is down 22 per...

The housing market is a notable target of the Fed, and Redfin isn't profitable yet.