March 2025 - Page 4 of 4 - Chrisman Commentary

Prepayment Speeds Hit Seasonal Lows, but March Could Bring a Rebound

Prepayment speeds, aka how quickly borrowers pay off their loans ahead of schedule (whether through refinancing or selling their homes),…

“If you boil a funny bone, it becomes a laughingstock. Now that’s humerus.” What isn’t humer…, uh humorous, is a) most states losing an…

I had my first misfire with Waymo this past weekend. For those who don’t know, Waymo is a fully autonomous ride-hailing service operating…

“I recently saw a woman at Walmart with March Madness teeth… She was down to the final four.” Risk-free, prepayment-free Treasury rates…

Today involves a flight from Cancun to the West Coast. Maybe the news flow will cease for me in the six hours in the air, but the news…

Some argue that “March 4th” is the only date that is also a command (march forth), while others disagree and say that any date in March…

Last May, on the heels of the CFPB’s appropriation case being upheld by the Supreme Court,[1] I agreed with the Mortgage Banking…

Can you believe it’s been five years since we were chuckling at, “I ran out of toilet paper and had to start using newspaper. Times are…

Besides Elon Musk fathering 14 children, talk here in Miami, given its “melting pot” status, includes world politics. Politics are “all…