Contents

Cover Story

TRID and widespread speculation on interest rate movement have left everyone with more questions than answers. In the name of transparency and consumer protection, agents face new timelines for buyers and sellers, tighter documentation rules and stricter underwriting standards, which will all affect how agents coach their clients through closings. To shed some light on what agents can expect and how to prepare themselves (and their clients), Chicago Agent asked lending experts for their thoughts on where the industry is headed and how agents should educate their clients.

Also

• Community Banks: Dying or Dead?
• The 4 TRID Questions Most Professionals Still Can’t Answer
• 4 Things You Should Know about the Fed’s Potential Interest Rate Hike
• FHA Loans Offer New Avenues – While Closing Others
• How to Talk to Clients About Interest Rates

Editor’s Note

• Another Lending Update: Looking Forward to Change

Improving Your Business

• Adapting the Mortgage Industry to the Millennial Marketplace

News

• Hispanic Women Becoming Powerful Housing Demographic
• The Most Desired Places to Live in Chicagoland
• Chicago Proposes City-Wide Parking Pass for Real Estate Agents

Agent Snapshot

• Jackie Medows, Education Director, CENTURY 21 Affiliated, Oak Lawn

Agent X

• Lend a Hand, and Get Some $$$

My Style

• Stephanie Andre-Ouellette, Broker Associate, @properties, Barrington, Northwest Suburbs, Chicago