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Innovation and Technology
Michael Tannenbaum on Why Mortgage Technology Keeps Failing Mortgage
Robbie Chrisman
Robbie Chrisman
May 28 · 8 min read

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, and every basis point matters. Few people understand that balancing act better than Michael Tannenbaum, the CEO of Figure and one of the more closely watched executives in housing finance right now. Long before he…

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Origination, Regulation and Compliance
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…
Mike Manning
Mike Manning · May 21 · 7 min
Origination
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…
Thom Malone
Thom Malone · May 12 · 4 min
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Capital Markets
Execution Matters More Than Ever
Kristin Ankeny Bickenbach
Kristin Ankeny Bickenbach · May 12 · 5 min
Capital Markets
Managing Through Volatility
Rob Chrisman
Rob Chrisman · May 7 · 4 min
Origination, Regulation and Compliance
Washington’s Housing Push, and What Comes Next
David Spector
David Spector · May 4 · 4 min
Origination
The End of the Starter Home and the Rise of Early Ownership
Jeremy Potter
Jeremy Potter · May 1 · 5 min
Origination, Regulation and Compliance
The Hidden Tradeoffs of Lender Choice
Jonathan Glowacki
Jonathan Glowacki · Apr 30 · 6 min
Innovation and Technology, Origination
AI Hallucinations Could Cause Mortgage Lenders Millions in Potential Financial Harm: A Cautionary Tale of Unperfected Technology gone Awry
Andrew Liput
Andrew Liput · Apr 28 · 5 min
Innovation and Technology
Motion, Not State: The “F-16” Problem in Mortgage
Marvin Chang
Marvin Chang · Apr 23 · 6 min
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Rob Chrisman · Periodic reflections
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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.

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Capital Markets Capital Markets Recap Innovation and Technology Mortgage 101 Origination Regulation and Compliance Market Minute

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

Posted on May 21

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...
Posted on May 12

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...
Posted on May 12

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...
Posted on May 7

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...
Posted on May 4

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...
Posted on April 30

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...
Posted on April 23

Motion, Not State: The “F-16” Problem in Mortgage

The F-16 was designed to be aerodynamically unstable. Without fly-by-wire systems making continuous corrections, the aircraft literally could not fly. This instability was not a flaw but a deliberate design...

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