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10.7.26 Headlines Into Annual; Ralo's Arjun Lalwani on Anthrotech Intersections; Fundamentals and Valuations
Ahead of next week’s National MBA conference, the mortgage industry is seeing heightened uncertainty, including layoffs, shifting Fannie/Freddie mark…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
10.6.26 Uncertain Outlook; Polly’s Adam Carmel on PollyOS/Hedge; Rate Pressures
Mortgage markets face a challenging outlook, with industry uncertainty, lender/vendor tensions, and persistent inflationary pressures from oil, defic…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
10.5.26 Demographics and Financial Literacy; Mortgage Education Institute's Andrew Conner on CE; MBS Issuance
There is a significant opportunity for lenders to expand the pool of potential homebuyers by better understanding and addressing the financial anxiet…
1 month ago
10.2.26 Industry Chatter; Eris Innovations' Geoffrey Sharp on Options; Poor Payrolls Friday
U.S. home prices have far outpaced inflation since 2011 while income gains have been more uneven, highlighting worsening affordability and inequality…
1 month ago
10.1.26 Fourth Quarter Changes; Gateless' Mike Brown on Automated Decisioning; Fed Chatter Abounds
Q4 opens with heightened uncertainty and industry change, from accelerating lender/company transitions and New York Life Investment Management taking…
1 month ago
9.30.26 Industry Mailbag; Fairway Independent's Steve Jacobson on Pivots and Presence; Sell First
We start by looking at three unresolved issues: the tradeoff between housing affordability and protecting existing homeowners, potential ethical conc…
1 month ago
9.29.26 Hispanic Homeownership; Maxwell’s John Paasonen and PLACE’s Chris Stuart on Housing Ecosystems; Selling Pressures
Despite a record-low Hispanic poverty rate of 13.9 percent in 2025, down from 21.9 percent in 1973, Hispanics remain disproportionately affected by p…
1 month, 1 week ago
9.28.26 Conference Activities; Falcon Capital Advisors' Sam Valverde on Rate Environment; Buydown Attractiveness
Treasury yields’ surge to nearly two-decade highs increasingly looks like a structural repricing rather than a temporary selloff, as hawkish Fed poli…
1 month, 1 week ago
9.25.26 NEXA's Mike Kortas on Rumors; Spring EQ's Reno Heine on Non QM; Talking Rates Up or Down
As NEXA has grown it has been under a microscope by those outside the company. Questions range from its compensation model and recruiting practices t…
1 month, 1 week ago
9.24.26 Servicing Primer; KBW's Bose George on Market Dynamics; Sell Off Sell Off
Focusing on traditional refinances is a strategic mistake for the mortgage industry, as shifting demographics like aging Boomers and wealth transfers…
1 month, 1 week ago