Today's Commentary · October 6, 2026

Oct. 6: Hedging, Polly enters hedging, digital lending, LO exploration, servicing, correspondent products; Penny & VantageScore

I like to say that I am one good Lottery Scratcher away from ditching this daily Commentary gig and starting something new. All kidding aside, where should we start today? With the rumored FICO layoffs yesterday afternoon? Iowa, Michigan, and the Carolinas all having conferences now? Pennymac is now live with VantageScore 4.0 across all three production channels. If you want to learn about appraisal news, there’s a 7AM PT (you’re your read that right) Fannie webinar tomorrow morning: Fannie Mae's UAD 3.6 Policy Exception:...