MERS, Reno, Processing Tools; STRATMOR on Borrower Behavior; Housing Supply, Capital Markets

Grammar is important. Let’s not forget the comma… the difference between “I want you to eat, my friend” and “I want you to eat my friend.” Let’s not forget training, and I received this note. “Rob, plenty of conferences offer continuing education. Do any organizations offer CE?” Yup. Lenders One members receive it as a free benefit for all their LOs. (Contact Tricia Migliazzo.) Let’s not forget community housing, and more than 100 community-based fair housing organizations facing potential funding losses received a reprieve after a federal judge in Massachusetts blocked a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding overhaul that advocates said threatened to close organizations or sharply reduce services nationwide. The U.S. District Judge granted relief sought by the National Fair Housing Alliance and Massachusetts Fair Housing Center, setting aside HUD’s fiscal year 2025 funding notices and directing the agency to distribute the money under the structure used the previous year. Let’s not forget to have some fun: They’re already talking about the annual mortgage ski trip in early March to Park City, some of the banter is social, and some is focused on business. (Today’s podcast can be found here. This week’s ‘casts are sponsored by Zillow Home Loans, Zillow’s in-house mortgage lender. With tools built for modern lending, Zillow Home Loan’s loan officers can focus on guiding buyers with care and confidence. Today’s has an interview with Two Dots’ Henson Orser on the wave of innovative tech products and vendors flooding the mortgage market.)