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Let’s have a non-mortgage opening paragraph. Today is “Remember Pearl Harbor Day.” (If you like history, you gotta click on that link and see what is on there. Do a search.) The richest person in the world in the 1940s was Henry Ford, and when he died in 1947 his worth was about $200 billion in current dollars. (John D. Rockefeller became the first billionaire in 1916.) I mention these snapshots because one New Jersey industry vet wrote to me saying, “There are about 720 billionaires living in the USA, almost 1/4 of worldwide billionaires. The Administration is hiri...

Lenders and vendors alike are emerging from Thanksgiving and looking ahead to which day they have off for Christmas in the U.S., the 23rd or the 26th. An informal Chrisman poll shows the 26th, but there is definitely a noticeable percentage who are taking both days off. It is good to keep things in perspective and appreciate what we have in the United States. Here in Mexico (yes, that Mexico; down here for a short visit) the daily minimum wage in pesos is $172.87 MXP (approximately $8.06 USD) for the countryside, slightly more in cities and tourist area. Yes, you read that correctly: 8 smacker...

Today I head to San Diego for a California MBA board meeting, the home base of the Pacific Fleet. It’s been 80 years since Pearl Harbor, a “date that will live in infamy.” That was a terrible day. We all have bad days, but nothing in comparison to that and it is important to keep those days in perspective. The United States and our allies faced off against Japan, Germany, and Italy for the following four years. The residential lending industry is wondering if Amazon and Apple will face off against the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. Rohit Chopra, a...

Reverse, MLO, Ops Jobs; Pricing, Best-ex, QC Products; Compliance and Risk Notes and Information May 6 2021, 8:12AM While the market is digesting the implications Rocket’s earnings (the shares are down in pre-market trading), remember when, in March 2020, it was as if someone flipped a switch and suddenly everyone was working from home. Now, however, owners and managers of lenders and vendors across the nation are debating allowing employees to continue working from home, requesting everyone come back into the office, or some type of hybrid. Goldman Sachs, for one...

CRM, Ops, Consumer Direct, AE, LO Jobs; JV and MSA Updates; Redwood Trust Results; CFPB Action Apr 30 2021, 8:26AM How are we 1/3 done with 2021 already? Few are sitting on their hands as the months roll on. Exxon had its first profitable quarter since 2019. Fannie Mae posted its first quarter results this morning: $5.0 billion net income for the first quarter of 2021 (compared with $4.6 billion for the fourth quarter of 2020), and its net worth increased to $30.2 billion as of March 31, 2021. In regulatory news, the CFPB took action against a reverse mortgage lende...