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Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life outta nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops. (Where did you think that was going?) There are always riddles and surprises out there (find the heart), but one is not originators helping borrowers create wealth through leverage and tax savings. Lenders are, in one sense, in the business of creating wealth. Whether it is helping someone buy a home that will appreciate over the long term, or helping them save money through equity or on taxes. Rates have moved higher, as we knew they would. But there...

If you see someone buying candy, popcorn, and soda at the movies, they must be a drug dealer... There's no other explanation for that type of income! Yes, inflation is moving ahead, faster than most would prefer. A little is good, a lot is not, as we found out yesterday and as we’ve learned for the last several months. U.S. consumer prices jumped 7.5 percent year-over-year in January to hit a four-decade high. Of course, it's important to note that inflation differs across income/demographic cohorts and geographic regions. Rising energy costs were the big driver of the h...

Everyone has a story about something they said or asked that they shouldn’t have. “When are you due?” is a good one, as is asking, “When did you turn 60?” when the person is only 55. But forecasters are out in force, saying things about interest rates they may, or may not, regret later. Analysts at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, for example, expect an interest-rate increase likely forthcoming from the Federal Reserve to be less than the widely predicted half-percentage point, noting a quarter point is a better bet. I heard an analyst this morning on the radio ...

While brokers have taken note of UWM suing America’s MoneyLine for sending loans to Rocket and Fairway (remember UWM’s policy plainly stated last March), this week I head to Florida, which retirees humorously refer to as “God’s waiting room.” The state has its share of expected hot markets for 2022 per Zillow, as does the rest of the Sunbelt. Apparently, people in the northern climes are weary of the yearly weather cycle, and, as usual, expect to establish residences to the south. Throughout our lives we go through many cycles. And who says we’re not i...

Stewart has been in the news several times over the past two years, as the company has expanded talent and made numerous acquisitions to aid in its growth.