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Bodnar of MMG: Watching the Fed This Week

Bill Bodnar of The Mortgage Market Guide (MMG) said that while inflation is not currently an issue, the Fed's involvement in the bond market has created a topsy turvy world that’s unsustainable in the long-term. Read more...

Mortgage Scammer Tried to Fake Own Death: FBI

A convicted mortgage fraudster allegedly attempted to fake his own death to evade a new round of federal charges, authorities say. So reports the Lowell (Mass.) Sun. Read more...

JPMorgan Digs Into Alleged Staff Misuse of COVID-19 Loans

JPMorgan Chase is looking into some of its employees’ alleged abuse of federal pandemic relief programs. So reports CNN. Read more...

Orchard Raises $69M in Bid to Become Real Estate’s Amazon

Real estate platform Orchard, founded in 2017 and known as Perch until earlier this year, has announced an additional $69 million in funding and an ambitious goal to transform its industry like Amazon. So reports TechCrunch. Read more...

Mortgage Originations Hit Record in Q2: Black Knight

Quarterly origination was the highest on record in the second quarter of this year, with almost $1.1 trillion in first lien mortgages originated during the three-month period, according to Black Knight. So reports TheStreet. Read more...

Mr. Cooper Goes on Big Hiring Spree

Mr. Cooper Group has unveiled plans to add 2,000 new remote positions by year-end. So report Marketwatch and The Dallas Morning News. Read more...

Small Business Loan Scrutiny Falls on Rocket Loans

Rocket Loans has come under the microscope after the Rocket Cos. unit did work for a consulting firm that garnered almost $800 million in fees for the job from the Small Business Administration. So reports Dow Jones Newswires. Read more...

Ex-Taylor Bean Boss Can’t Overturn Fraud Conviction: Court

In the latest aftershock from the 2008 financial crisis, former Taylor, Bean & Whitaker chairman Lee Farkas’ bid to have his fraud conviction overturned was denied by a federal appeals court. That’s according to multiple reports. Read more...

Ask The Expert: Are Appraisals Coming in Low?

Sam from Washington wrote to me, saying "I just had a refinance blow up because the appraisal came in low. This was a surprise and I was counting on this closing this month and now I am not sure it will happen at all. Are you hearing about a lot of appraisals coming in low? Read more...

Our Mortgage Sales Superstars Are Not Who You Think They Are!

Stratmor recently reported that 84% of the purchase money volume originated last year was generated by producers with less than five years in the mortgage business. When I shared this fact with senior executives, the majority were surprised. Only a handful of managers noticed a similar trend at their companies. This raises the question, if… Read more...

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