Thought Leadership

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Mortgage has always been a relationship business, but it has also always been a performance business. Markets move in real time, capital flows react instantly,…
Origination, Regulation and Compliance
If you spend enough time around blockchain conversations in financial services, you start to notice a pattern: people talk about “tokenization” like it is one…
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Welcome to Thought Leadership, your resource for insights and expertise in the mortgage industry. Explore articles, analyses, and interviews covering the latest trends, regulatory updates, and market dynamics. Whether you’re a lender, broker, investor, or industry professional, Chrisman Commentary’s Thought Leadership aims to provide the knowledge needed to navigate the evolving mortgage landscape.

Insights and perspectives from voices across the mortgage industry, covering trends, policy, and the forces shaping what’s next.

Guidance Delivered Differently

I think most of us feel beaten over the head with the topic of AI in every conference, meeting, or blog post. But the way consumers are using AI is...

From Buzzword to Banking Stack

If you spend enough time around blockchain conversations in financial services, you start to notice a pattern: people talk about “tokenization” like it is one thing. It is not. It...

A Rebalancing American Housing Market

The national home price index has become one of those gauges everybody watches even while knowing full well that real estate is local. One metro can be surging while another...

Execution Matters More Than Ever

For much of the past two years, the mortgage industry has operated with one eye on the present and the other fixed firmly on the hope of a return to...

Managing Through Volatility

What’s striking about the current environment is just how many different forces are hitting the mortgage market at the same time, and how little room there is for clean, simple...

The New Underwriting Stack

Every mortgage cycle exposes the same structural tension in lending operations. When volume surges, systems strain. When volume collapses, capacity gets cut faster than it can be rebuilt. The result...

Washington’s Housing Push, and What Comes Next

Q: With midterms approaching and housing affordability still a major concern, do you expect the Trump administration to step up its focus on the mortgage market? A: There’s already a...

The Hidden Tradeoffs of Lender Choice

At first glance, “lender choice” sounds like an unambiguously positive development. More choice typically implies more competition resulting in better pricing and improved outcomes for borrowers. In the context of...

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