Mortgage Market Update

I found myself in a rather strange situation this weekend since I was at home for a change (usually I am flying during the weekends).  The nice thing is it allowed my a chance to really look at all of the changes ahead, both in my life and in the mortgage market.  Let’s take a [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

Sorry for the late post today as I am still making my transformation so-to-speak, preventing earlier access to the internet.  As I have said recently, change is inevitable, though this time it is good for mortgage rates, at least for the foreseeable future.  I will get into why a little bit later on.
Last week certainly [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

Last week, I stated that change was inevitable, and that happened as the week played out.  More change is on the way, though not just in the mortgage markets, but I will make those announcements later as my 2-year anniversary writing here at Lenderama takes place (November 26th).
Looking back at last week, we saw data [...]

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The World Has Officially Run Out Of Ideas…

So far we’ve seen just about every advertising method possible used… If it exists in the material realm, it’s probably been used and/or sold as advertising space:
Radio, TV, billboards, magazine pages, banner ads, the side of your car…
Or, if you want to get a bit more extreme: People selling the back of their heads [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

One thing in life is inevitable, and that is change.  Last week saw little in the way of market moving data or events, that despite the chances the Feds had to talk up the markets.  This week, things will change as the week draws to a close.
A quick recap, and I do mean quick, shows [...]

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Live NAMB Webinar Focusing on YSP – Tuesday @ 3pm EST, Noon PST

NAMB announced a major victory in the fight against HVCC yesterday (see the 10/23 TBWS Daily Show for details).  Earlier this week, they published an informative YSP Resource Center on the NAMB site.  I’m extremely proud of the strides NAMB is making not only on Captiol Hill, but also with mortgage professionals if the field.
During our [...]

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Why Our Economy is Having Trouble

Our economy is having trouble because it is fundamentally flawed. We all want money, but few of us ever think where money comes from. All money is created by the Federal Reserve. Let’s pretend that the government and the Federal Reserve have just been created. We’re back at square one, so to speak. The government [...]

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