Clever Chase Business Loan Promo There are some pretty creative folks out there, even in banking. Every once in a while someone will suggest a reward to residential borrowers for making their payment, instead of (what some would say) a reward for not making their payments. In some news out yesterday, Chase announced an incentive
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Lawmakers Solicit Consumer Comments On 7 Financial & Housing Reform Topics Do you want some input in financial reform? There are many ways to do this, and here is another. The public will have the opportunity to submit written responses to seven questions that will be published in the federal register online at www.regulations.gov. The
How Credit Scores Are Calculated FICO, like Band-Aid or Kleenex, has become a generic symbol of credit worthiness. Scores can range from 300-850 and is a statistical calculation which is based upon payment history (35%), credit utilization (30%), length of history (15%), credit type (10%), and recent credit checks (10%). Items stick around for seven
My clock radio went dead, so I was faced with the usual question, “Do I pay to have it repaired, or do I buy a new one?” I went to a local repair shop, and on the door was a sign that said, “WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK – THE BELL DOESN’T WORK!)” Needless
JP Morgan Chase Profit Quadruples The FBI is investigating a possible cyber attack on Citigroup. This is a serious issue, because next time the hackers might target a bank that actually has money. (Just kidding!) But seriously folks, JPMorgan Chase & Co., the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, announced this morning that its fourth-quarter profit
The CEOs of Goldman, Bank Of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley went before the Congressional Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission today to revisit what happened during the heat of the financial crisis in 2008. Yesterday the NYT published a good list of questions that should be asked. Some are populist propaganda, but many are
Economic/Market News Roundup The big mid-day news yesterday was the Fed’s announcement. They are leaving overnight rates unchanged, as expected, but the markets were more interested in the verbiage of the statement. “Economic activity has continued to pick up and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating. The housing sector has shown some
I am very excited, because last night I received news that I had won $5 million in the Netherlands lotto! Unfortunately I will receive $5 a year for a million years… Seriously, not a day goes by that I don’t receive some e-mail like, “Wherein your email address emerged as one of the online Winning
Sorry the commentary is a little late today. I was trying to track my Chia Pet order. Who could resist? Don’t be the last one on your block to own one! (These may have contributed to the strong Retail Sales number this morning.) Little Hope For Non-Portfolio Jumbo Mortgages In my spare time I write
Loan modifications, which seem to have more of an impact on the larger investors than on the smaller brokers, have come a long way since earlier this year. An assortment of modification programs have been almost entirely replaced by HAMP, now the industry standard for first liens, and servicers have streamlined, to a much greater
“Keep skunks and bankers at a distance” so the old saying goes. Mortgage bankers may have to ignore that saying, however, given some National Mortgage News data that shows that four companies (Wells Fargo, Bank of America Home Loan, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup) control almost 58% of the overall lending market. Wells was the largest
The FBI says that mortgage fraud is “rampant and growing.” They are also investigating reports that AIG and Bear Stearns may be in financial trouble … Overall, how is the mortgage industry doing? There are those who say, although the landscape and rules have changed, things are good. And there are others who are more
“Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.” Crime is everywhere! According to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the Treasury Department, they are notifying the mortgage industry that it is considering whether to move ahead with proposed anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting regulations. In other words, cash
The woman applying for a job in a Florida lemon grove seemed way too qualified for the job. “Look Miss,” said the foreman, “have you any actual experience in picking lemons?” “Well, as a matter of fact, yes!” she replied. “I’ve been divorced three times.” 3 Bits of Good Mortgage Industry News We had three
Over the weekend I was in the express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the express check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked
Latest news from Bloomberg on bringing more transparency to the credit default swaps market: Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and UBS AG will for the first time offer hedge-fund customers protection by backing credit-default swap trades with clearinghouses by Dec. 15. The dealers also committed to report all
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