Cook County DPA, Processing Automation, LO Pricing Tools; Mortgage Cost Map; Conv. Conf. News

Any food science major will tell you that the difference between jelly and jam is that jam has chunks of fruit in it; jelly is strained. There is also a difference in costs in our biz. Here in Honolulu at the MBAH conference, costs are part of the discussion, and sure enough, there is a map of the mortgage closing costs by state. There is also a difference in denial rates, state by state, for a variety of reasons, so the National Association of Realtors® recently examined data from 2023 to give homebuyers some information as to where denial rates are the highest and lowest, and which groups they most impact. The best (Easiest? Most qualified…