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It all seems crazy from when I started in the mortgage business in 1994, the conforming loan limit was Continue Reading AML, Banks, Mortgage Competencies, Mortgage Education, Mortgage Insights Are Customers "Cleaning" Their Money In Your Transaction? Money laundering is a huge problem for financial institutions and monitoring compliance and reporting is a challenge.  As I read through FinCEN's recent announcement, it became clear...the law is not really clear!  Because real estate transactions are large in dollars, Continue Reading Mortgage Insights Real Estate Update December 2020 Don’t Try to Outsmart the Markets Getting ready to refinance your mortgage but waiting for rates to fall just one more time? Is that extra 1/8th percent ready to drop? Some consumers begin to follow economic news and perform no shortage Continue Reading Mortgage Insights Real Estate Update October 2020 Don’t Try to Outsmart the Markets Getting ready to refinance your mortgage but waiting for rates to fall just one more time? Is that extra 1/8th percent ready to drop? Some consumers begin to follow economic news and perform no shortage Continue Reading Mortgage Insights Real Estate Update November 2020 Don’t Try to Outsmart the Markets Getting ready to refinance your mortgage but waiting for rates to fall just one more time? Is that extra 1/8th percent ready to drop? Some consumers begin to follow economic news and perform no shortage Continue Reading Banks, Mortgage Education, Mortgage Insights, New Mortgage Program, Originators, Originators, Processors, Underwriters Fannie Requiring Business Accounts for Self-Employed! 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Some consumers begin to follow economic news and perform no shortage Continue Reading Mortgage Insights Easy Mortgage Loan Comparison Tool The "Best Practices in Professional Mortgage Origination" is based upon taking a complicated transaction such as a mortgage and making it easier for the customer to understand the costs and benefits.  One Practice is to provide options on loans and demonstrate Continue Reading Banks, Compliance, Credit Unions, Mortgage Competencies, Mortgage Education, Mortgage Employment, Mortgage Insights, Mortgage Recruiters Did He Just Suggest We Open Up The SAFE Act? Why the two tier system anyway? Do consumers realize the difference? For the sake of full disclosure, my business is education. I am a mortgage educator. I write, record and instruct courses for depository and non-depository originators alike. 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