DPA, HELOC, Document, Non-QM, Pooling Products; Conf. Conventional Changes

As the MMLA event wrapped up in Michigan, a large number of people around the nation (and some from here) are gearing up to travel to (or within) California to attend the California MBA’s Western Secondary and then FAMP’s annual convention in Orlando. The number of conferences is skyrocketing. Numbers are a big part of our industry, and this morning’s MBA application data reflected what I am hearing from MLOs around the nation. (Today’s L1 2PM ET interview features veteran broker Brian Benjamin discussing what he’s seeing.) Joel Kan writes, “The refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 41.5 percent of total applications from 40.7 percent the…