In the grand scheme of things, longer close times may not seem like a disaster but for nonbanks using warehouse lines of credit that means loans have longer dwell times…
Lori Brewer of LBA Ware: “Despite speculation that lenders’ efforts to reduce operational costs would include curbing loan originator commissions in 2019, our analysis shows that base commission for LOs did not significantly change from 2018 to 2019.”
In a few weeks, Ocwen will report fourth quarter results. In trading Wednesday, its common was fetching $1.28 compared to a 52-week high of $2.45 and a low of $1.24.
Kristy Fercho of Flagstar said the bank is comfortable with the CFPB’s plans, noting the transition to a new measure for QM status should be “pretty easy to manage.”