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Who Needs Evidence!?We hear a lot about evidence. For valuation, there may be two relevant definitions. One would be the legal concept, the other being the “support” required to be credible, “worthy of belief.” In the law, evidence is factual information. It can be testimony, documents, physical, demonstrative, or circumstantial. Relevance can be probabilistic. Colloquially, evidence is […] The post Who Needs Evidence!? appeared first on George Dell, SRA, MAI, ASA, CRE.
Hedging, AVM, Dashboard Tools; UWM News Turn… NewLender and Broker Software, Products, and Services What if the most important capital markets decision you're making today is based on incomplete data? Mortgage lenders don't struggle with a lack of information. They struggle with too much of it spread across too many systems. Pricing in one place. Hedge performance in another. Pipeline metrics somewhere else. By the time you've connected the dots, the market has already moved. That's why Optimal Blue created Profitability Center, a unified capital markets dashboard that brings production metrics, profitability insights, market intelligence, pipeline activity, investor ratesheets, and platform updates into a single personalized view.…
Webcasts, Capital Deployment, DPA Tools; AI and… NewAfter a general summer lull, and with talk of JPMorgan Chase’s $750 billion housing investment rifling through our biz, mortgage conference season shifts back into gear with next week’s Western Secondary with plenty of events in September and October, so book those rooms. The last time you stayed in a hotel, or maybe you’re reading this right now in one, what color were the sheets and towels? A safe bet is “white,” and here’s why. Sheet psychology is one thing, but for lenders, M&A psychology is another. Yesterday an “industry source” wrote to me, “I learned this morning from Chuck…
Aug. 5: U/W job; non-QM, HELOC, DSCR,… NewThe cavalcade of M&A news continues, like two from yesterday. Stockton Mortgage, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Kentucky, inked a deal to take over the wholesale division of Connecticut-based lender Norwich Commercial Group d/b/a TPO GO. Effective August 10, 2026, TPO GO’s wholesale division will join Cursive Lending, Stockton Mortgage’s third-party origination channel. Thomas Michel, Chief...Read More “Aug. 5: U/W job; non-QM, HELOC, DSCR, tech-stack, processing, loan buying tools; UAD 3.6 thoughts; AI panel interview” »
The Independence Factor: Why An Appraiser Union…It comes up three or four times a year on Facebook groups and the online forums. Appraisers look at all the modernization changes, the legislative battles, and the daily frustrations with AMCs, and they ask: “Why don't we have a union? If we just had a union, we could stop this.” Look, I am boots on the ground, appraising every single day. I am in the trenches, and I am completely frustrated. We deal with AMC abuses, lender pressure, and a massive wave of industry changes. I also understand the appeal of a union. There is absolute strength in numbers,…
What Capitalism RepresentsAll right folks, let’s talk a little bit about the large scale today. We are going to apply this to the appraisal business, of course, but I want to talk to you about the general concept, the idea, and the financial strategy of capitalism. I’m under no illusion that capitalism is perfect. It’s not. There are problems. In fact, the United States is not truly a capitalist country. We do not live the true philosophy and spirit of capitalism with the feds, inflation, printing money, taxation, rules, and regulations. But it still represents one of the most capitalistic frameworks out…
