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Published every weekday since 2008

By Rob Chrisman

Today Friday, August 21, 2026

Aug. 21: U/W, AE, LO jobs; AI production, product launch, processing tools; webcasts coming; lender M&A continues; LO tips

Rob Chrisman · 16 min read

Yesterday in Reno I overheard this one. “While interviewing a potential client, the executive switched on his intercom and commanded, ‘Get my broker on the […]

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Aug 20

Thu

Aug. 20: Attorney jobs; Hedging, verification, non-QM, QC, PPE products; $40 trillion (with a t) of U.S. debt turns heads

14 min read

Aug 19

Wed

Aug. 19: Broker, AE, LO jobs; hedging, HELOC, compliance tools; IMB cost still $11k per loan; M&A continues; weak housing #’s

17 min read

Aug 18

Tue

Aug. 18: LO jobs; verification, title/DSCR, escrow reporting, BI asset products; disasters shifting, as is FEMA; AI and data

16 min read

Aug 17

Mon

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

15 min read

Aug 17

Mon

Aug. 15: Homeowners’ insurance news Build-to-rent status; Prepay stats; vendor products; Saturday Spotlight: Flyhomes

14 min read

Aug 14

Fri

Aug. 14: Non-QM AE, Admin. jobs; Wholesale lender, POS, mortgage intelligence tools; non-Agency trends: who’s doing what?

15 min read

Aug 13

Thu

Aug. 13: LO jobs; home buyer aid, eClosing, marketing tools; Texas insurance study; approaching webinars; spec pool price volatility

14 min read

Aug 12

Wed

Aug. 12: Asset-based loan, loss mit, verification, AI-native execution layer tools; On-site events for your calendar; inflation data

14 min read

Aug 11

Tue

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

16 min read

Aug 10

Mon

Aug. 10: LO, closing mgr. jobs; POS admin, land loan, Agentic AI tools; Deep dive into earnings; Pennymac’s Spector on servicing value

16 min read

Aug 9

Sun

Aug. 8: Thoughts on flood maps, and diversification in housing; tourism is how much of U.S. GDP? Saturday Spotlight: TrueWork

14 min read

Aug 7

Fri

Aug. 7: Sales VP, LO jobs; cap mkts education, mortgage ops support, QC, flood cert tools; jobs data moves rates

14 min read

Aug 6

Thu

Aug. 6: Tech enterprise AE, LO mgt. jobs; hedging, AVM, dashboard tools; UWM news turn heads; Chrisman Demo Day announced

16 min read

Aug 5

Wed

Aug. 5: U/W job; non-QM, HELOC, DSCR, tech-stack, processing, loan buying tools; UAD 3.6 thoughts; AI panel interview

17 min read

Aug 4

Tue

Aug. 4: Shift at Better; Webcasts, capital deployment, DPA tools; AI & borrowers; Interview with Vesta’s Mike Yu on designing tech

14 min read

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Published every weekday since 2008

Aug. 21: U/W, AE, LO jobs; AI production, product launch, processing tools; webcasts coming; lender M&A continues; LO tips

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