June 2025 - Chrisman Commentary

Contingencies Can Cost You the Keys

Wesley Costello is the Executive VP of Sales Operations at AnnieMac Home Mortgage. Homebuyers Need Strategy and Preparation to Succeed In…

Trigger leads, Twitter feeds, and the changing DC game The headline in the June 24, 2025 Mortgage Bankers Association’s Newslink read,…

At the heart of mortgage lending is a simple axiom: the value of any loan rests on the quality of its collateral. For centuries, that…

You know what they say about July in this business. It’s hot outside, but the pipeline’s cooling off. Interest rates aren’t dropping…

This week in the mortgage industry was defined by a confluence of political speculation, shifting economic data, and renewed momentum in…

“The seminar ‘How to avoid frauds’ is canceled. Tickets are non-refundable.” Mortgage fraud is alive and well in the United States. In…

Under the “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade” category… Like any asset in a free market economy, home and real estate prices are…

Does anyone pay with cash anymore, or actually have the money in their bank account? Credit card debt is now $1.1 trillion . There is…

In the ever-evolving world of mortgage finance, marketing has undergone a transformation just as profound as the products and platforms…

“I’ve been experimenting with breeding racing deer. People have accused me of just trying to make a fast buck.” There are no fast bucks…