Well, the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform bill is now the law of the land and some mortgage bankers are hopping mad. One key sticking point is the caps on what loan officers and brokers can earn. Scott Stern of the Lenders One cooperative says "compensation changes in the bill have everyone in the industry talking. Congress for the first time ever in the U.S. is putting limits on what an entire industry can earn. Can you imagine what would happen if they did this to stock brokers?" Perhaps, the industry can take this up with the presumed chief of the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren?
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The promotion offers rate cuts as much as 25 basis points on new-home purchases as well as rate-and-term and cash-out refinance loans from May 4 through May 17.
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"In looking at eight currently available proprietary RM products, there is a distinct relationship between HECM growth rates and proprietary product availability," Reverse Market Insight said.
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The top bullet point in Two Harbors' rejection notice is the Mizuho credit facility does not constitute committed financing for UWM to pay for the deal.
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The combination adds to a wave of broader merger and acquisition activity that includes an ongoing bidding war over RoundPoint Mortgage owner Two Harbors
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The litigants, with some of the industry's deepest pockets, may be filing the rare cases to flag and potentially punish bad brokers, one expert said.
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Market watchers think Jerome Powell will maintain a low-key presence on the Fed board as he awaits the release of an inspector general report examining cost overruns at the central bank's headquarters.
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