Welcome to The Chrisman Commentary, your go-to daily mortgage news podcast, where industry insights meet expert analysis. Hosted by Robbie Chrisman, this podcast delivers the latest updates on mortgage rates, capital markets, and the forces shaping the housing finance landscape. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just looking to stay informed, you'll get clear, concise breakdowns of market trends and economic shifts that impact the mortgage world.

In today’s episode, we go through the latest prepayment data and what it says about borrower sentiment. Plus, Robbie sits down with Milliman's Jonathan Glowacki for a discussion on why “lender choice” that allows mortgage originators to select among approved credit scoring models may understate risk by producing meaningfully higher default rates within the same score bands, shifting more credit risk onto the mortgage system while reducing risk-based fees and potentially weakening the economics of the GSE guarantee. And we close by looking at a very robust delayed January payrolls report.

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