Today's Commentary · September 8, 2026

Sep. 8: Shift at NEXA; CRA sourcing, correspondent, internal audit, AI content tools; Pulte, credit scores, and social media; layoffs ahead?

Many years ago, it seemed like people bragged about how late they stayed up at conferences. Now they brag about how early they went sleep. Today I head to San Antonio, in the Great State of Texas, for a private mortgage event. We’ve plunged into the mortgage conference season, and there are dozens of them in the next month or two. I hope that some people are staying at their desks to work! The talk in the conference hallways? Consumer Direct channels, not sensing a...