9.14.26 Consumer Strength; mLoop's Ellen Duncan on LO Movement; Fed Week

Chrisman Commentary - Daily Mortgage News · Sep 14, 2026 · 24m · transcript

Despite consumer challenges, housing demand remains resilient, with record homeowner equity and rapidly growing borrowing activity increasingly being captured by nonbanks, creating a widening competitive and operational gap for traditional banks and credit unions. Robbie interviews mLoop’s Ellen Duncan on how data and AI can modernize LO–lender matching and what lenders must do to attract top producers. And last week’s sharp rate selloff, driven by renewed oil-fueled inflation, fiscal concerns, and expectations for multiple Fed hikes, pushed Treasury yields and MBS spreads materially higher…