September 2025 – Page 3 – Chrisman Commentary

Market Update – Plot Twist

For the markets, watching Powell’s presser was like watching a Spanish Soap Opera play out when the boyfriend barges in demanding answers…

Natural disasters are escalating, driving up costs and straining housing affordability. Erin Dee, Chief Operating Officer at InterLinc…

JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, PNC Bank, N.A. and others announced a decrease in its prime lending rate to…

Today I find myself in Vancouver, WA, splendid in the autumn, to meet with various mortgage folks and especially the Banner Bank …

If we take a stroll down memory lane, this time last year we found ourselves in a very similar position. The market had priced in a…

My cat Myrtle was always up for a battle with a lizard in the yard. On a larger scale, the ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu said,…

“Someone posted that they had just made synonym buns. I replied, ‘You mean just like the ones that grammar used to make?’ I am now…

“Many years ago, I loaned my girlfriend $100 sometime soon after we met. After 3 years, when I broke up with her, she returned exactly…

“Rob, we’ve said ‘no’ to more expansion possibilities than ever before. Are you hearing other lenders doing deep dives on LOs and…

“All I know is what I read in the papers,” Will Rogers quipped. In news in the papers from our Census Bureau, AI use at large companies…