Today's Commentary · August 11, 2026

Aug. 11: LO, tech sales jobs; subservicer oversight, HELOC, AI processing tools; STRATMOR on subservicing; MISMO role; RESPA thoughts

What are folks talking about here at the Western Secondary? Small things and big things. There’s a brand-spankin’ new private MI company: Anza. (Contact Melissa Gemma with questions.) Lenders are doing interesting things to help communities: for example, here’s Fairway Independent not leaving a dry eye in the house. That UWM has filed a lawsuit in federal court regarding the Two Harbor/CrossCountry deal is no surprise, although $500 million is attention-grabbing. China unleashes $28 trillion (yeah, with a “t”) capital markets to challenge the United States. We’ve heard about profitability, but volume is also...