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Daily Mortgage News Podcast

The Chrisman Commentary podcast provides daily insights into the mortgage industry, covering market trends, capital markets, and regulatory changes. Hosted by Robbie Chrisman, each episode delivers expert analysis and industry perspectives on the forces shaping housing finance. Whether it’s mortgage rates, lending news, or economic shifts, the podcast offers a clear, concise breakdown of the most important developments.

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2.13.26 Industry Chatter; Ivy Risk Strategies’ Lisa Holt on Brokerage Belief; Subdued CPI

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2.12.26 Pennymac Acquisition; Kastle’s Rishi Choudhary on Agentic AI; CFPB Happenings

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2.11.26 Prepayment Data; Milliman's Jonathan Glowacki on Lender Choice; Payroll Conspiracy

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2.10.26 Bond Purchase Schedule; VIU by HUB’s Travis Hodges on Insurance; Delayed Indicators

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2.9.26 Mortgage Prices; Experian's Joy Mina and Ken Tromer on Prequalification; Specified Pools

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2.6.26 Supreme Court of Mortgages; Rocket's Doug Buser on Super Bowl LX; Volatility Spike

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2.5.26 Tech Plays; Truework's Ethan Winchell on Practical Design; Job Cuts Cuts Cuts

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2.4.26 CFPB Update; Curinos' Ken Flaherty, Josh Beane, and Rich Martin on Data; MBA Mortgage Applications

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2.3.26 IMB Chatter; TLS' Will Pendleton and Calque’s Jeremy Foster on BBYS; Warsh Expectations

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2.2.26 Credit Cost Explainer; FundingShield’s Adam Chaudhary on Fraud; Partial Government Shutdown

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1.30.26 Fed Chair Nomination; Z Technology Solutions' Suha Zehl on Lending Certainty; Ice Fishing

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1.29.26 Economic Barometers; Sitewire's Bryan Kester on Permitting; FOMC Takeaways

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1.28.26 Fannie and Freddie Latest; Experian's Michele Bodda on Credit Reporting; Fed Decision Day

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1.27.26 International Denominations; Portnox's Denny LeCompte on Cybersecurity; Risk Events Ahead

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1.26.26 Rent Versus Own; Middle Housing Partner's Jared Jones on Building; Refinance Activity

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1.23.26 Davos Directives; Southern Bancorp's Jeremy Davis on Winning Business; Bond Buying

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1.22.26 Trump From Davos; LendingTree's Matt Schulz on Home Ownership; Prepayment Speeds

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1.21.26 Global Sell Off; Polunsky Beitel Green's Marty Green on Political Posturing; Davos Remarks

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1.20.26 Wallowing Rates; American Pride Bank's Jessica Bluj on Construction Lending; Holiday Calendar

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1.19.26 Trump Missives; CHLA's Scott Olson on Advocacy; Hedging Inactivity

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1.16.26 Golden Handcuf Release; FINOFR’s Keith Kelly on Rate Resets; Economic Trends

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1.15.26 Prepayments and Delinquencies; Worthy Performance Group's Laura Lasher on Originator Success; Data Narrative

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1.14.26 Benign Inflation; Key Mortgage Services' Jen Poniatowski on Borrower Expectations; FHA Delinquencies

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1.13.26 Interest Rate Instruments; Clever's Jaime Seale on Millennial Home Buyers; CPI Inflation

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1.12.26 Fed Criminal Charges; TMBA's Erin Dee on Advocacy; Inflation and Employment

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1.9.26 MBS Purchase Instructions; loanDepot’s Jeff Dergurahian on Big Data; Payrolls Friday

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1.8.26 Institutional Investor Ban; TXSE's Jeff Karcher on Exchanges and Listings; December Prepayment Speeds

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1.7.26 LO Mindset; Aliya's S.P Wijegoonaratna on Risk Structures; Government Malaise

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1.6.26 Lending Within Affordability; Johns Hopkins' Dan Ye on Human Capital; Rates Tread Water

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1.5.26 Wages Versus Affordability; STRATMOR Group's Garth Graham on M&A; Geopolitical Sway

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1.2.26 Prediction Futility; Gallus Insight's Augie Del Rio on Machine Evolution; Home Building Confusion

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12.31.25 Closing the Year; A.W. Pickel on Brokers; Agency MBS Issuance

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12.30.25 Generational Demographics; Next Belt Strategies' Jeremy Potter on Consulting; Last Full Trading Day

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12.29.25 Technology Decisions; Bri Lees on Marketing; Quiet Weeks

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12.26.25 Ghosts of Mortgage Past; Robbie Chrisman on Empires; Rate Direction

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12.26.25 Ghosts of Mortgage Past; Robbie Chrisman on Empires; Rate Direction

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12.24.25 Christmas Early Closing; Rob Chrisman on Option Weighting; Rates Tread Water

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12.23.25 Festive Tidbits; Amergy Bank's Bill Dawley on Origination; Forecast Fodder

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12.22.25 Around the Job Horn; Ardley's Chatbot LEO on Mortgage Options; Christmas Calendar

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12.19.25 GSE Direction; DNA's Jason Fishman on Brand Marketing; First-Time Home Buyers

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12.18.25 UWM and Two Harbors Reaction; Foundation Mortgage's Sam Bjelac on TPO and Non-QM; Inflation Reports

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12.17.25 Uniform Appraisals; LO Autopilot's Karen Bates on Recapture; Employment Outlook

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12.16.25 Risk-off Trading; Phoenix Burst's Tela Mathias on Tech Development; Delayed Data Dump

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12.15.25 Fed Dual Mandate; FirstHome IQ's Kristin Messerli on Building Trust; Economic Calendar Preview

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12.12.25 Yield Curve Dynamics; iEmergent's Bernard Nossouli on Pricing Trends; Labor Market Samples

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12.11.25 Fed Takeaways; L1's Justin Demola on Credit Costs; Prepayment Deep Dive

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12.10.25 Assumable Mortgages; Nicole Nosek on Housing Legislation; Fed Decision Day

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12.9.25 Government Tidbits; Fairwinds' Magda DeMauro on Underwriting; FOMC Kickoff

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12.8.25 Fed Week; C2 Financial's David Temko on Wholesale; Volatile December

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12.5.25 Federal Reserve Purview; Creative Title's Caleb Christopher on Responsible Lending; Consumption Expenditures

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12.4.25 Freddie Framework, MBA's Marcia Davies on Advocacy; Home Price Softening

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12.3.25 International Implications; U.S. Bank’s Shelly Kobb and Ohio Housing’s Tom Walker on Housing Finance Agencies; Employment Figures

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12.2.25 Bayview Guild Dea; Finastra’s MaryKay Theriault on Humanizing Tech; Japanese Bond Scare

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12.1.25 December Storylines; United Home's Mike Dulla on Lending; Shaping Sentiment

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11.28.25 Lender Focus; ALTA's Chris Morton on Title Fraud; Return From Turkey

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11.26.25 Conforming Loan Limits; Panorama's Hector Amendola on Winning Business; News Spigot Open

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11.25.25 Foreclosure Statistics; The Big POS' Matthew VanFossen on Tech Integration; Stacked Economic Calendar

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11.24.25 Labor Market Trends; Experian's Royce Chang on Trigger Leads; Holiday Economic Calendar

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11.21.25 Renter Sentiment; TD Bank's Jon Giles on Home Equity; Evolving Rate Expectations

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11.20.25 Cost to Originate; Figure's Michael Tannenbaum on Blockchain Lending; Jobs Driving Rates

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11.19.25 Corporate Developments; HomeLight's Nick Friedman on Origination Trends; Prepayment Speeds

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11.18.25 Fed Governor Cook Update; ICE's John Hedlund on Building Greatness; MBS Performance

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11.17.25 FHFA Buzz; MBA's Joel Kan on Industry Forecasts; Government in Business

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11.14.25 Pulte Drama; Telhio's Allie Hager on Borrowers; No Government, No Releases

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11.13.25 Fed Retirement; MeridianLink's JP Kelly on UEX and Data; 10-Year Auction Results

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11.12.25 Extensions Explained; TransUnion's Satyan Merchant on Dynamic Scoring; Return of Releases

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11.11.25 50-Year Mortgage; Optimal Blue's Vimi Vasudeva on Recapture; Veterans Day

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11.10.25 Funded Mortgage Volume; TRUE's Steve Butler on Income; Prepayment Takeaways

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11.7.25 Around the Industry; Arc Home's Lee Malone on HELOCs; Rate Conundrum

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11.6.25 Labor Market Barometer; Servbank's Sharmyn Calhoun on Compliance Management; Bond Yields Bounce

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11.5.25 MBS Issuance; ICE's Dana Federspiel on Servicing; Private Payrolls Up

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11.4.25 Texas Fight; PBG's Marty Green on GSE Reform; Why Why Why Yields

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11.3.25 Fed Clap Back; AiCR's Joe Furlong on Document Processing; Economic Advancements

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10.31.25 Short Versus Long Term Rates; dataQollab's Adam Quinones on Bond Prices; Treasury Movement

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10.30.25 Technology is Cool; Finance of America's Kris Buglino on Reverse; Fed Reaction

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10.29.25 Ongoing Shutdown; DaylightAML's Bob Simpson on Assumable Mortgages; Fed Decision Day

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10.28.25 Affordability Thoughts; nCino's Casey Williams on Innovation; Rates Adrift

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10.27.25 Inflation Direction; Rob Chrisman on Conference Season; Fed Decision Week

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10.24.25 Affordability Check; Blue Sage's Carmine Cacciavillani on Partnerships; CPI as Hoped

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10.23.25 Capital Requirement Changes; Click n' Close's Ian Kimball on Strategy; Delayed Economic Releases

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10.22.25 MBA Annual Wrap; Bradley's Jonathan Kolodziej on Regulation; Applications Decrease

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10.21.25 Chatter From Vegas; Secure Insight's Andrew Liput and Halcyon's Kirk Donaldson on Fraud; Rates Decline

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10.20.25 MBA Annual Chatter; Eris Innovations' Geoff Sharp on SOFR Hedging; Economic Releases

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10.17.25 CFPB and FEMA; Finance of America's Adam Potafiy on Reverse Mortgages; Brian Levy on RESPA

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10.16.25 Home Building Examination; Floify's Sydney Barber on Point of Sale; Coupon Liquidity

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10.15.25 Biometrics in Mortgage; Figure’s Anthony Stratis and West Capital Lending’s Art Greenbaum on DSCR; Spreads Tightening

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10.14.25 Veteran Affairs; Tavant's Mohammad Rashid on Automation; Rate Dip

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10.13.25 Travel Logistics; Covered Insurance's Jerry Halbrook on Embedding; Eternal Data Void

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10.10.25 Federal Deficit Changes; HBI's Ed Brady on Home Building; Mortgage Rate Relief

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10.9.25 Industry Legal Challenges; Cotality's Thom Malone on House Prices; FOMC Minutes

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10.8.25 Zombieland; BOKF's Chris Maloney on Agency MBS; Inflation Expectations

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10.7.25 Delayed Versus Decreased Information; Truework's Randy Lightbody on Verifications; Prepayment Stack

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10.6.26 Shutdown Week Two; CHLA's Taylor Stork on FICO Changes; Economic Data Withheld

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10.3.25 Shutdown Economics; California MBA's Paul Gigliotti on Leadership; No Payrolls Data

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10.2.25 Big FICO Changes; MBA's Matthew VanFossen on State and Local; Weakening Economy

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10.1.25 Government Shutdown; Spring EQ's Reno Heine on HELOCs and HELOANs; Interest Rate Path

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9.30.25 Federal Government Shutdown Impacts; Chrisman Commentary's Rob Chrisman on Conference Chatter; Agency MBS Prices

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9.29.25 SEC Requests MBS Comments; NEO's Ryan Grant on Loan Advisors; Consumer Demand Patterns

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9.23.25 Real Estate Behemoth; FutureWave Finance's Steve Thomas on Cap Markets; Fed Speakerapalooza

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9.22.25 CFPB and Rates; Ardley's Nathan Den Herder on Recapture; Week Ahead

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