The Equifax Debacle, Part II Which Reminded Me That Cahoots is One of my Favorite Words On September 18, National Mortgage News posted this headline: “Are credit bureaus, housing groups in cahoots to kill FICO scores?” And there it was … Continue Reading
The country was appalled when recent news about the Equifax hack spread. Equifax hack: What’s the worst that can happen? Equifax breach may kill repeal of CFPB mandatory arbitration rule Seven aftershocks of the Equifax breach: What bankers need to … Continue Reading
Here is almost the entire first part of this blog in a series of news flashes: Mortgage News Daily, August 15, 2017: “Rates Rising as North Korea Talks Baseball” Mortgage News Daily, August 14, 2017: “Mortgage Rates Uninspired at 9-Month … Continue Reading
TINY BUBBLES HOUSES In my last blog, we took a peek at the re-emergence of McMansions, my favorite house type — other than authentic mansions, of course. But let’s flip things around (pun intended) and investigate trending housing bubbles in … Continue Reading
NORMAL — Simply a Setting on the Washing Machine Being a former math teacher, I often choose to categorize things by picturing a normal distribution curve in my mind. For example, if you look below, “most” everything falls in the … Continue Reading
BWTDCC PART DVA (dva is 2 in Croatian — thank you Yale) I love it! Recently, you read “better ways to describe complicated crap” right here. Now, thank you, National Mortgage News for gifting us with “10 more abbreviations every … Continue Reading
Even if you are only peripherally involved in real estate, home loans or finance, you know the millennials are a “problem.” Specifically, those born from 1981 to 1997 are not buying houses at a rate their parents and grandparents did, … Continue Reading
