ITIN, AOT, Warehouse, Servicing Products; Rocket Changes, Conventional Conforming News; Fannie's $5 billion Net Income
Overheard last night at a bar here in Austin, Texas: “It’s hotter than the hinges to the gates of hell.” Not so hot, as residential lenders know, are volume and mortgage rates (which some believe may drift down during the final five months of 2023). No one can predict interest rates with any degree of accuracy or confidence, so originators should optimize the current situation with the cards they have been dealt, which aren’t always good. Speaking of which, an owner of a non-bank lender who was doing $40 million a month a few years ago and who is now doing $10 milli...