Today's Commentary · August 17, 2026

Aug. 17: Senior production, tech jobs; market study, DSCR, POS, API tools; mortgage rates doing "okay" relatively speaking

My cat Myrtle was not a fan of some things… the CFPB (under some directors) jumps to mind. Others are not fans of artificial intelligence, and here’s someone starting a line of “AI adversarial clothing.” Some aren’t a fan of new federal escrow laws. Ten states have sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over new federal rules that would prevent them from enforcing laws requiring national banks to pay homeowners interest on money held in mortgage escrow accounts. Some weren’t fans of 10 percent credit...