Lykken on Lending

This podcast segment covers the MBA's latest white paper, which highlights how incorporating positive rental payment history into mortgage underwriting can expand access to homeownership for first-time buyers.-------------------------------------------------------------Adam DeSanctis, VP of Communication at Mortgage Bankers AssociationAs a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely considered to be an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA's social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA's research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA's organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA's Opens Doors Foundation and MBA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

In this insightful episode, David Lykken sits down with tech entrepreneur and AI innovator Bill Inman to explore how artificial intelligence—particularly personal AI—is reshaping the future of mortgage lending, real estate, and beyond. Bill shares his journey from startup builder to co-creator of "Angel Twin," a platform enabling professionals to train AI avatars using their own data and voice. Together, they unpack how this technology allows individuals to preserve and monetize their intellectual property, extend their influence, and offer around-the-clock client engagement—without sacrificing the human touch. This conversation highlights the urgency of embracing AI, not just as a tool, but as a transformational shift that redefines how we interact, serve clients, and leave a legacy.

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker's TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you with a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ The Mortgage Collaborative, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. We also have commentaries provided by our Consultants, Bill Corbet and Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

Marc Helm calls for mortgage servicers — and businesses everywhere — to prioritize customer care over hidden fees and short-sighted revenue grabs.

The regulars explore how Fed drama, tariff-driven inflation fears, and GSE repurchase risks are putting new pressure on mortgage lenders and the housing market.

This podcast segment unpacks rising GSE repurchase risks and the cultural landmines facing major mortgage industry mergers.------------------------------------------------------------------Alice Alvey, Master CMBVice President Partner Education and Training at Union Home MortgageShe handles development of their World Class Training program designed to support UHM partners and organizational effectiveness.Prior to UHM, Alice served as Senior Vice President at Indecomm leading the Indecomm-Mortgage U division, Internal QA and Compliance and SaaS technologies. Indecomm acquired Mortgage U in 2013, where Alice was President/Co-founder, providing training and consulting since 1996. Prior to MU she served as SVP of Operations at a national bank overseeing operations for wholesale, retail and correspondent from underwriting through servicing, and compliance.She has been in the trenches of mortgage lending operations from application through servicing for over 30 years. Her authoring work in training content, policies and procedures and the FHA/VA Practical guides illustrates her ability to bridge regulatory requirements with day-to-day operations.Alice has been a weekly contributor to the Lykken on Lending show since its beginning in April 2009 and has made her weekly contributions to 450+ episodes!

This podcast segment explores how AI is reshaping mortgage lending and why future-proofing your tech stack is more urgent than ever.-----------------------------------------------------Allen Pollack, Tech ConsultantAllen Pollack, a Mortgage & Financial Services Technology Advisor, is a subject matter expert in the mortgage origination process along with software product management and software development.In today's financial services push to all things Digital, Allen has been helping lenders and financial services solution providers align their digital transformation and technology strategies by removing the human element of risk, and automating processes that drive efficiencies and margins into profits.Over the course of his career, Allen has co-created and developed technology business models that have birthed highly successful, innovative solutions and companies.Allen co-founded and served as CTO of New York Loan Exchange (NYLX), a loan product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) that made an immediate impact on the industry, scaling the company quickly and forming partnerships with multiple mortgage and financial lending companies. In 2012, Allen was a co-founder of a merger between NYLX and Aklero Risk Analytics that created LoanLogics, A Mortgage Loan Quality and Performance Analytics company. Allen served as CTO where he continued to bring new and innovative product solutions to the market that made a significant impact to mortgage lenders that reduced risk, scaled business channels, and grew profits in a very competitive and highly regulated market.Allen is also is mortgage and finance technology contributor on a weekly live industry podcast, Lykken on Lending, and is launching a new podcast soon to be released, TechStack Radio, dedicated to technology and innovation in Financial Services.

This podcast segment covers a holiday-shortened week brought temporary calm to bond markets, but political pressure on Fed Chair Powell and looming data releases suggest renewed volatility ahead.-----------------------------------------------------Matt began as an originator in 2002. He fell in love with the idea of following MBS in real-time but felt that existing products were only scratching the surface. Thus was born MBS Live in 2007, the first-of-its-kind platform with real-time market data/analysis, and live chat with analysts, traders, and originators around the country. He is currently the Founder and CEO of MBSLive!He's been covering bond/mortgage markets, writing commentary, alerts, and chatting with the live community every business hour of every business day ever since.Matt also serves as the Chief of Operations for mortgagenewsdaily.com, where he is one of the industry's most respected mortgage rate experts, frequently quoted in the media. Mortgage News Daily's rate index is used as the definitive resource on day-to-day mortgage rate averages.He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son where he enjoys skiing, fishing, coaching youth sports, playing the guitar, and more DIY projects/hobbies than he'd care to admit.

04-21-2025 Tariffs Create Confusion For "Radio Free Europe"------------------------Tariffs on in transit. Tariffs out in transit. How do we Free Europe? Where to go?Event risk remains high, but implied volatility did slip for Easter. With the bulls and bears in a stalemate like Trump and Xi, will the bearish long-end pull mortgage rates up, or will the bullish 5-year and short-end push rates down?Amid confusion and noise over tariffs, will bewilderment continue to reign? Expect April showers to bring beautiful news that trumps the stormy narrative.Barrier Free EuropeBarrier Free Europe------------------------Song: Radio Free Europe (1981) R.E.M.

This podcast segment covers the MBA's renewed legislative push to restrict abusive trigger leads and protect consumer privacy through the reintroduced Home Buyer's Privacy Protection Act.-------------------------------------------------------------Adam DeSanctis, VP of Communication at Mortgage Bankers AssociationAs a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely considered to be an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA's social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA's research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA's organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA's Opens Doors Foundation and MBA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

In this episode of Lykken on Lending, I sit down with Steven Cooley, founder and CEO of Mortgage Advisor Tools, to unpack how lenders are making smarter, more strategic technology decisions in today's rapidly evolving market. From understanding the unique needs of different lender types to tackling buyer's remorse and integration pitfalls, Steven shares real-world insights into what's driving tech adoption—and what's holding it back. We explore how platforms like his are leveling the playing field, giving lenders of all sizes access to vital information in the tech-buying journey, and why understanding your internal processes is more critical than ever in an AI-driven future.

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker's TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you with a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ The Mortgage Collaborative, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. We also have commentaries provided by our Consultants, Bill Corbet and Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

In this segment, David and the team explore how mindset, operational process, and empowering the right people help mortgage professionals succeed through rate volatility, shifting volumes, and unexpected challenges.

This podcast segment covers a recent federal court ruling against Texas Capital Bank over reverse mortgage tail securities has sparked concerns about systemic risk to warehouse lending and Ginnie Mae's role in protecting lender interests.------------------------------------------------------------------Alice Alvey, Master CMBVice President Partner Education and Training at Union Home MortgageShe handles development of their World Class Training program designed to support UHM partners and organizational effectiveness.Prior to UHM, Alice served as Senior Vice President at Indecomm leading the Indecomm-Mortgage U division, Internal QA and Compliance and SaaS technologies. Indecomm acquired Mortgage U in 2013, where Alice was President/Co-founder, providing training and consulting since 1996. Prior to MU she served as SVP of Operations at a national bank overseeing operations for wholesale, retail and correspondent from underwriting through servicing, and compliance.She has been in the trenches of mortgage lending operations from application through servicing for over 30 years. Her authoring work in training content, policies and procedures and the FHA/VA Practical guides illustrates her ability to bridge regulatory requirements with day-to-day operations.Alice has been a weekly contributor to the Lykken on Lending show since its beginning in April 2009 and has made her weekly contributions to 450+ episodes!

This podcast segment draws inspiration from Rory McIlroy's comeback win at the Masters to emphasize the importance of mindset, perseverance, and staying focused on long-term success over short-term fluctuations.-----------------------------------------David G. Kittle, CMB is a highly respected leader in the mortgage industry, with over 45 years of experience. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), a mortgage lending cooperative providing members with access to resources and tools to improve their business operations.Kittle began his mortgage banking career with American Fletcher Mortgage Company as a top-producing loan officer in 1978 moving to the management side in 1986 with Southmark Mortgage. He opened Associates Mortgage Group, the first of his three lending companies in 1994.Kittle served as MORPAC Chairman for MBA, from 2004-2006. He is past President of both the Louisville and Kentucky Mortgage Bankers Associations, as well as leading the industry through its most tumultuous period as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, Washington DC in 2009. Kittle has testified before congress 14 times.Kittle has been a driving force behind the growth and success of TMC, working to bring together mortgage lenders from across the country to share best practices and collaborate on key industry issues. Kittle has also been a vocal advocate for innovation and technology adoption in the mortgage industry, urging lenders to embrace new tools and strategies to improve their operations and better serve their customers.Kittle is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences, sharing his expertise on a variety of topics related to mortgage lending.He resides in Louisville, Kentucky, he has four children and two grandchildren.

This podcast segment uses fast food metaphors and real-world lending shifts to underscore the urgent need for modern mortgage technology, AI adoption, and visionary CTOs who drive growth, not just code.-----------------------------------------------------Allen Pollack, Tech ConsultantAllen Pollack, a Mortgage & Financial Services Technology Advisor, is a subject matter expert in the mortgage origination process along with software product management and software development.In today's financial services push to all things Digital, Allen has been helping lenders and financial services solution providers align their digital transformation and technology strategies by removing the human element of risk, and automating processes that drive efficiencies and margins into profits.Over the course of his career, Allen has co-created and developed technology business models that have birthed highly successful, innovative solutions and companies.Allen co-founded and served as CTO of New York Loan Exchange (NYLX), a loan product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) that made an immediate impact on the industry, scaling the company quickly and forming partnerships with multiple mortgage and financial lending companies. In 2012, Allen was a co-founder of a merger between NYLX and Aklero Risk Analytics that created LoanLogics, A Mortgage Loan Quality and Performance Analytics company. Allen served as CTO where he continued to bring new and innovative product solutions to the market that made a significant impact to mortgage lenders that reduced risk, scaled business channels, and grew profits in a very competitive and highly regulated market.Allen is also is mortgage and finance technology contributor on a weekly live industry podcast, Lykken on Lending, and is launching a new podcast soon to be released, TechStack Radio, dedicated to technology and innovation in Financial Services.

This podcast segment covers Bond markets that faced sharp swings this week as misleading tariff headlines and ongoing trade negotiations overshadowed economic data and drove yield volatility.-----------------------------------------------------Matt began as an originator in 2002. He fell in love with the idea of following MBS in real-time but felt that existing products were only scratching the surface. Thus was born MBS Live in 2007, the first-of-its-kind platform with real-time market data/analysis, and live chat with analysts, traders, and originators around the country. He is currently the Founder and CEO of MBSLive!He's been covering bond/mortgage markets, writing commentary, alerts, and chatting with the live community every business hour of every business day ever since.Matt also serves as the Chief of Operations for mortgagenewsdaily.com, where he is one of the industry's most respected mortgage rate experts, frequently quoted in the media. Mortgage News Daily's rate index is used as the definitive resource on day-to-day mortgage rate averages.He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son where he enjoys skiing, fishing, coaching youth sports, playing the guitar, and more DIY projects/hobbies than he'd care to admit.

04-14-2025 Are You A "Believer?"----------------------First things first, We must stop all the trades outside our hands. We're fired up and tired of the way that fees have been.Pain can bring constructive change. Those who believe only in normal moves miss the abnormal, spinning endless tales on how they won't miss the next abhorrent variance.Will mortgages follow the Bond to bearish land? The emerging fear about using short-term tariffs to recalibrate long-term international trade arrangements is higher inflation and slower growth. Fortunately, substance trumps a bogeyman.Oh, let the tariffs fly, oh, let them rain. “I want to stop.”-New life, new times, new dreams, it came from... “We can't”Pain! Trump made us a, he made us a believer. Believer.These views are mine. Catch the fight at TMSpotlight.com.-------------------------Song: Believer (2017) Imagine Dragons

In this episode of Lykken on Lending, David Lykken sits down with Steve Butler, President and Chief Revenue Officer of True, to explore how AI is rapidly reshaping the mortgage industry. From eliminating tedious manual tasks to delivering real-time, trusted data, True is on a mission to empower lenders with fully automated, background AI agents that work invisibly—but powerfully—behind the scenes. Steve shares his journey from engineering to mortgage tech, digs into why past technology efforts often failed, and explains why now is a critical moment for lenders to embrace AI that truly works. If you're looking to cut costs, boost productivity, and refocus your team on what they do best—this is the conversation you need to hear.

This podcast segment covers the MBA's renewed push for federal legislation to restrict abusive trigger lead practices and strengthen homebuyer privacy protections.-------------------------------------------------------------Adam DeSanctis, VP of Communication at Mortgage Bankers AssociationAs a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely considered to be an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA's social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA's research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA's organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA's Opens Doors Foundation and MBA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker's TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you with a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ The Mortgage Collaborative, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. We also have commentaries provided by our Consultants, Bill Corbet and Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

The regulars unpack the growing risks tied to industry consolidation, loan concentration, and tariff-driven volatility—highlighting systemic challenges for lenders, secondary markets, and warehouse banking.

This podcast segment covers a recent federal court ruling against Texas Capital Bank over reverse mortgage tail securities has sparked concerns about systemic risk to warehouse lending and Ginnie Mae's role in protecting lender interests.------------------------------------------------------------------Alice Alvey, Master CMBVice President Partner Education and Training at Union Home MortgageShe handles development of their World Class Training program designed to support UHM partners and organizational effectiveness.Prior to UHM, Alice served as Senior Vice President at Indecomm leading the Indecomm-Mortgage U division, Internal QA and Compliance and SaaS technologies. Indecomm acquired Mortgage U in 2013, where Alice was President/Co-founder, providing training and consulting since 1996. Prior to MU she served as SVP of Operations at a national bank overseeing operations for wholesale, retail and correspondent from underwriting through servicing, and compliance.She has been in the trenches of mortgage lending operations from application through servicing for over 30 years. Her authoring work in training content, policies and procedures and the FHA/VA Practical guides illustrates her ability to bridge regulatory requirements with day-to-day operations.Alice has been a weekly contributor to the Lykken on Lending show since its beginning in April 2009 and has made her weekly contributions to 450+ episodes!

This podcast segment covers Bond markets that faced sharp swings this week as misleading tariff headlines and ongoing trade negotiations overshadowed economic data and drove yield volatility.-----------------------------------------------------Matt began as an originator in 2002. He fell in love with the idea of following MBS in real-time but felt that existing products were only scratching the surface. Thus was born MBS Live in 2007, the first-of-its-kind platform with real-time market data/analysis, and live chat with analysts, traders, and originators around the country. He is currently the Founder and CEO of MBSLive!He's been covering bond/mortgage markets, writing commentary, alerts, and chatting with the live community every business hour of every business day ever since.Matt also serves as the Chief of Operations for mortgagenewsdaily.com, where he is one of the industry's most respected mortgage rate experts, frequently quoted in the media. Mortgage News Daily's rate index is used as the definitive resource on day-to-day mortgage rate averages.He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son where he enjoys skiing, fishing, coaching youth sports, playing the guitar, and more DIY projects/hobbies than he'd care to admit.

04-07-2025 Spreadsheets in the "Rose Garden"-------------------Stocks beg a pardon. Trump never promised you a Rose Garden.Performance depends on the starting point. Wednesday's 3 pm marks looked very different than the 5 pm marks. Would you take on risk when Trump is holding up an Excel spreadsheet taped to a poster board in the Rose Garden? It complicates a pipeline hedger's life.We call the deal between Rocket and NationStar, "RocketStar." It is going to have unintended consequences because investors don't like loan concentration. Expect wacky prepays and pricing.Along with the prepay, there's gotta be a little pool sometime.These views are mine. Catch the right trade at TMSpotlight.com.-------------------Song: Rose Garden (1970) Lynn Anderson

In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we're joined by industry veteran and straight-shooting consultant Brian Hale for a deep-dive conversation on how mortgage professionals can win in today's volatile market. With over four decades of experience, Brian breaks down the five key focus areas for 2025, from targeting the right referral partners and converting more leads, to mastering margin management and embracing granular data analysis. David and Brian also tackle hot topics like the Rocket-Redfin deal, changing commission models, and what it really takes to thrive when the market gets tough. If you're ready for some tough love, practical wisdom, and a few laughs along the way—this episode delivers.

This podcast segment covers the VA's decision to phase out the VASP program by May 1st raises concerns about increased foreclosure risks for veterans, prompting urgent calls for a permanent partial claim solution.-------------------------------------------------------------Adam DeSanctis, VP of Communication at Mortgage Bankers AssociationAs a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely considered to be an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA's social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA's research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA's organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA's Opens Doors Foundation and MBA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker's TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you with a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ The Mortgage Collaborative, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. We also have commentaries provided by our Consultants, Bill Corbet and Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

The regulars weigh in on growing concerns around rising FHA delinquencies, high debt-to-income ratios, and the lack of refinancing opportunities—warning that macroeconomic strain and supply-demand imbalances may fuel a wave of defaults in the next 12–18 months.

This podcast segment covers Rocket Mortgage expands through its acquisitions of Redfin and Mr. Cooper, it's building an end-to-end, AI-powered mortgage ecosystem that could challenge ICE's dominance by shifting away from traditional platforms like Encompass and Black Knight.-----------------------------------------------------Allen Pollack, Tech ConsultantAllen Pollack, a Mortgage & Financial Services Technology Advisor, is a subject matter expert in the mortgage origination process along with software product management and software development.In today's financial services push to all things Digital, Allen has been helping lenders and financial services solution providers align their digital transformation and technology strategies by removing the human element of risk, and automating processes that drive efficiencies and margins into profits.Over the course of his career, Allen has co-created and developed technology business models that have birthed highly successful, innovative solutions and companies.Allen co-founded and served as CTO of New York Loan Exchange (NYLX), a loan product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) that made an immediate impact on the industry, scaling the company quickly and forming partnerships with multiple mortgage and financial lending companies. In 2012, Allen was a co-founder of a merger between NYLX and Aklero Risk Analytics that created LoanLogics, A Mortgage Loan Quality and Performance Analytics company. Allen served as CTO where he continued to bring new and innovative product solutions to the market that made a significant impact to mortgage lenders that reduced risk, scaled business channels, and grew profits in a very competitive and highly regulated market.Allen is also is mortgage and finance technology contributor on a weekly live industry podcast, Lykken on Lending, and is launching a new podcast soon to be released, TechStack Radio, dedicated to technology and innovation in Financial Services.

In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we sit down with Bob Broeksmit, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, for a timely and insightful conversation on the state of the mortgage industry. From key advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill to the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bob shares updates on GSE reform, HUD leadership, and the regulatory shifts shaping housing finance today. We also dive into market trends like consumer direct lending and the implications of recent M&A activity—including Rocket's headline-grabbing moves. If you're looking for a front-row seat to the forces driving mortgage policy and market dynamics, this episode is a must-listen.

This podcast segment covers the Senate's pushback on the CFPB's overdraft rule, ongoing leadership changes at the Bureau, and renewed efforts to regulate trigger leads at the state level amid broader industry uncertainty.------------------------------------------------------------------Alice Alvey, Master CMBVice President Partner Education and Training at Union Home MortgageShe handles development of their World Class Training program designed to support UHM partners and organizational effectiveness.Prior to UHM, Alice served as Senior Vice President at Indecomm leading the Indecomm-Mortgage U division, Internal QA and Compliance and SaaS technologies. Indecomm acquired Mortgage U in 2013, where Alice was President/Co-founder, providing training and consulting since 1996. Prior to MU she served as SVP of Operations at a national bank overseeing operations for wholesale, retail and correspondent from underwriting through servicing, and compliance.She has been in the trenches of mortgage lending operations from application through servicing for over 30 years. Her authoring work in training content, policies and procedures and the FHA/VA Practical guides illustrates her ability to bridge regulatory requirements with day-to-day operations.Alice has been a weekly contributor to the Lykken on Lending show since its beginning in April 2009 and has made her weekly contributions to 450+ episodes!

This podcast segment unpacks unexpected bond market behavior amid inflation surprises, tariff uncertainty, and end-of-month trading dynamics—highlighting key trends from housing data to Fed sentiment.-----------------------------------------------------Matt began as an originator in 2002. He fell in love with the idea of following MBS in real-time but felt that existing products were only scratching the surface. Thus was born MBS Live in 2007, the first-of-its-kind platform with real-time market data/analysis, and live chat with analysts, traders, and originators around the country. He is currently the Founder and CEO of MBSLive!He's been covering bond/mortgage markets, writing commentary, alerts, and chatting with the live community every business hour of every business day ever since.Matt also serves as the Chief of Operations for mortgagenewsdaily.com, where he is one of the industry's most respected mortgage rate experts, frequently quoted in the media. Mortgage News Daily's rate index is used as the definitive resource on day-to-day mortgage rate averages.He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son where he enjoys skiing, fishing, coaching youth sports, playing the guitar, and more DIY projects/hobbies than he'd care to admit.

In this episode of Lykken on Lending, titled “Threading the Needle: Making Compliance Work in Mortgage Lending,” David Lykken is joined by Brian S. Levy—seasoned attorney, Harvard Law grad, and author of the widely-read Mortgage Musings newsletter—for a candid and insightful conversation on navigating the complex legal landscape of mortgage banking. Together, they dive into hot-button topics like RESPA reform, LO Comp challenges, the future of the CFPB, state-level enforcement, and how AI is impacting compliance and legal risk. Brian brings a rare combination of legal expertise, industry perspective, and practical creativity to the table, offering lenders and compliance professionals real-world strategies for staying compliant without killing innovation. If you're in the business of mortgage lending, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.

03-31-2025 It's As Easy As "1, 2, 3, 4" Tariffs, Cars, Gold, Oil-----------------------Give us more patience than we've ever hadMake it all better when it's trending sadTell him that he's special even when we know Jay's not.Chairman Jay Powell needs love. How does he do his job with bullets flying in all directions. Europe's falling. Tariffs are rising. Wait, Europe is rising and tariff are falling. No, that's China falling and tariffs rising. Just a minute, cars are falling and tariffs are targeted. Can Gold to $4000 with Oil falling to $60?Bonds love Jay so much they'll lower interest rates.There's only ONE Jay (one) TWO tell (two) Those THREE words (three) And that's what I'll do... (four) (I love you) I love you(I love you) I love youThese views are mine. Catch the love for Jay at TMSpotlight.com.----------------------Song: 1, 2, 3, 4 (2009) Plain White T's

This podcast segment covers the FHFA's decision to rescind its UDAP oversight rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, easing compliance burdens and reinforcing the FTC's authority over consumer protection enforcement.-------------------------------------------------------------Adam DeSanctis, VP of Communication at Mortgage Bankers AssociationAs a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely considered to be an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA's social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA's research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA's organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA's Opens Doors Foundation and MBA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker's TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ The Mortgage Collaborative, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. We also have commentaries provided by our Consultants, Bill Corbet and Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

This podcast segment covers the CFPB proposing two changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act: one to regulate data brokers by requiring consumer consent for data use, and another to classify coerced debt under identity theft protections.------------------------------------------------------------------Alice Alvey, Master CMBVice President Partner Education and Training at Union Home MortgageShe handles development of their World Class Training program designed to support UHM partners and organizational effectiveness.Prior to UHM, Alice served as Senior Vice President at Indecomm leading the Indecomm-Mortgage U division, Internal QA and Compliance and SaaS technologies. Indecomm acquired Mortgage U in 2013, where Alice was President/Co-founder, providing training and consulting since 1996. Prior to MU she served as SVP of Operations at a national bank overseeing operations for wholesale, retail and correspondent from underwriting through servicing, and compliance.She has been in the trenches of mortgage lending operations from application through servicing for over 30 years. Her authoring work in training content, policies and procedures and the FHA/VA Practical guides illustrates her ability to bridge regulatory requirements with day-to-day operations.Alice has been a weekly contributor to the Lykken on Lending show since its beginning in April 2009 and has made her weekly contributions to 450+ episodes!

This podcast segment explores ICE Mortgage is advancing a unified technology platform by integrating Encompass and MSP systems, reflecting a broader push toward tech consolidation and simplified workflows across the mortgage industry.-----------------------------------------------------Allen Pollack, Tech ConsultantAllen Pollack, a Mortgage & Financial Services Technology Advisor, is a subject matter expert in the mortgage origination process along with software product management and software development.In today's financial services push to all things Digital, Allen has been helping lenders and financial services solution providers align their digital transformation and technology strategies by removing the human element of risk, and automating processes that drive efficiencies and margins into profits.Over the course of his career, Allen has co-created and developed technology business models that have birthed highly successful, innovative solutions and companies.Allen co-founded and served as CTO of New York Loan Exchange (NYLX), a loan product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) that made an immediate impact on the industry, scaling the company quickly and forming partnerships with multiple mortgage and financial lending companies. In 2012, Allen was a co-founder of a merger between NYLX and Aklero Risk Analytics that created LoanLogics, A Mortgage Loan Quality and Performance Analytics company. Allen served as CTO where he continued to bring new and innovative product solutions to the market that made a significant impact to mortgage lenders that reduced risk, scaled business channels, and grew profits in a very competitive and highly regulated market.Allen is also is mortgage and finance technology contributor on a weekly live industry podcast, Lykken on Lending, and is launching a new podcast soon to be released, TechStack Radio, dedicated to technology and innovation in Financial Services.

This podcast segment covers the Fed's decision to slow quantitative tightening and a steady rate outlook sparked a midweek bond rally, even as housing data remained mixed and markets await key inflation readings.-----------------------------------------------------Matt began as an originator in 2002. He fell in love with the idea of following MBS in real-time but felt that existing products were only scratching the surface. Thus was born MBS Live in 2007, the first-of-its-kind platform with real-time market data/analysis, and live chat with analysts, traders, and originators around the country. He is currently the Founder and CEO of MBSLive!He's been covering bond/mortgage markets, writing commentary, alerts, and chatting with the live community every business hour of every business day ever since.Matt also serves as the Chief of Operations for mortgagenewsdaily.com, where he is one of the industry's most respected mortgage rate experts, frequently quoted in the media. Mortgage News Daily's rate index is used as the definitive resource on day-to-day mortgage rate averages.He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son where he enjoys skiing, fishing, coaching youth sports, playing the guitar, and more DIY projects/hobbies than he'd care to admit.

03-23-2025 Jay May Be a Goner or "Stay a Little Longer" -----------------------So calm and so cool, markets try to beBut it don't bother trends.The Fed reduced its selling of Treasuries. Consequently, it can provide more liquidity for investors moving from Stocks to short-term Treasuries. Chairman Powell also confirmed his desire to reduce the MBS portfolio to zero.When contrived markets, become free again, it's wild initially. Despite rising inflation risks, markets are relieved that the FOMC still anticipates two rate cuts this year. Stable and cheap Oil and a looser Fed support lower rates.One last kiss, and then Jay's a goner, and Bonds wishing you could Stay A Little Longer.These views are mine. Catch a goner at TMSpotlight.com.----------------------Song: Stay A Little Longer (2015) Brothers Osborne

This podcast segment covers the Mortgage Bankers Association urging the FHFA to simplify its credit score modernization initiative, citing concerns over complexity, consumer cost, and implementation readiness.-------------------------------------------------------------Adam DeSanctis, VP of Communication at Mortgage Bankers AssociationAs a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely considered to be an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA's social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA's research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA's organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA's Opens Doors Foundation and MBA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

In today's shifting mortgage landscape, lenders are navigating tighter margins, rising costs, and increased regulatory pressure—yet few topics stir more frustration than the hidden financial burdens behind every transaction. In our latest LinkedIn Live episode, “The Real Cost of Lending: Credit Bureaus, Regulation & The Fight for Housing,” we sit down with Bill Cosgrove, CEO of Union Home Mortgage, and Alice Alvey, longtime industry executive, to unpack what's really driving up costs in lending—from credit bureau fees to outdated compliance frameworks. We also explore what needs to change—at both the industry and policy level—to preserve access to homeownership and support the future of mortgage banking. This is a must-watch conversation for lenders, originators, policymakers, and anyone invested in the future of housing finance.

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker's TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ The Mortgage Collaborative, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. We also have commentaries provided by our Consultants, Bill Corbet and Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

This podcast segment explores shifting mortgage rates, housing supply challenges, and economic uncertainty, analyzing how market trends and buyer behavior could impact home values and lending strategies.

This podcast segment discussion examines the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac amid ongoing conservatorship debates, the financial and political barriers to privatization, and the potential impact of converting commercial properties into residential housing as a response to market shifts and urban vacancies.----------------------------------------------------Alice Alvey, Master CMBVice President Partner Education and Training at Union Home MortgageShe handles development of their World Class Training program designed to support UHM partners and organizational effectiveness.Prior to UHM, Alice served as Senior Vice President at Indecomm leading the Indecomm-Mortgage U division, Internal QA and Compliance and SaaS technologies. Indecomm acquired Mortgage U in 2013, where Alice was President/Co-founder, providing training and consulting since 1996. Prior to MU she served as SVP of Operations at a national bank overseeing operations for wholesale, retail and correspondent from underwriting through servicing, and compliance.She has been in the trenches of mortgage lending operations from application through servicing for over 30 years. Her authoring work in training content, policies and procedures and the FHA/VA Practical guides illustrates her ability to bridge regulatory requirements with day-to-day operations.Alice has been a weekly contributor to the Lykken on Lending show since its beginning in April 2009 and has made her weekly contributions to 450+ episodes!

This podcast segment explores the latest in AI advancements, including Google's Gemini 2.0 image editing, the growing role of AI in compliance with ICE's "Ask Reggie," and key industry innovations recognized in the 2025 ICE Innovation Awards, all while emphasizing the strategic role of technology in mortgage and lending efficiency.-----------------------------------------------------Allen Pollack, Tech ConsultantAllen Pollack, a Mortgage & Financial Services Technology Advisor, is a subject matter expert in the mortgage origination process along with software product management and software development.In today's financial services push to all things Digital, Allen has been helping lenders and financial services solution providers align their digital transformation and technology strategies by removing the human element of risk, and automating processes that drive efficiencies and margins into profits.Over the course of his career, Allen has co-created and developed technology business models that have birthed highly successful, innovative solutions and companies.Allen co-founded and served as CTO of New York Loan Exchange (NYLX), a loan product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) that made an immediate impact on the industry, scaling the company quickly and forming partnerships with multiple mortgage and financial lending companies. In 2012, Allen was a co-founder of a merger between NYLX and Aklero Risk Analytics that created LoanLogics, A Mortgage Loan Quality and Performance Analytics company. Allen served as CTO where he continued to bring new and innovative product solutions to the market that made a significant impact to mortgage lenders that reduced risk, scaled business channels, and grew profits in a very competitive and highly regulated market.Allen is also is mortgage and finance technology contributor on a weekly live industry podcast, Lykken on Lending, and is launching a new podcast soon to be released, TechStack Radio, dedicated to technology and innovation in Financial Services.

Despite a volatile bond market driven by CPI and PPI data, Treasury auctions, and shifting stock correlations, traders remain focused on the upcoming Fed announcement and dot plot, which could shape rate expectations for the months ahead.-----------------------------------------------------Matt began as an originator in 2002. He fell in love with the idea of following MBS in real-time but felt that existing products were only scratching the surface. Thus was born MBS Live in 2007, the first-of-its-kind platform with real-time market data/analysis, and live chat with analysts, traders, and originators around the country. He is currently the Founder and CEO of MBSLive!He's been covering bond/mortgage markets, writing commentary, alerts, and chatting with the live community every business hour of every business day ever since.Matt also serves as the Chief of Operations for mortgagenewsdaily.com, where he is one of the industry's most respected mortgage rate experts, frequently quoted in the media. Mortgage News Daily's rate index is used as the definitive resource on day-to-day mortgage rate averages.He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son where he enjoys skiing, fishing, coaching youth sports, playing the guitar, and more DIY projects/hobbies than he'd care to admit.

03-17-2025 Expect Rates To Drop Like A "Grenade"----------------------Easing comes, easing goes. That's just how Fed livesOh, stay, stay, stay it all, but Jay never gives.Fed Chairman Powell likes productivity gains and a steady Dollar. So, does Jay cheer the death of DEI in corporate America? Regardless, he's in no hurry to give another ease.With Oil in the tank, inflation falling back, and the 10-year yield bouncing around 4.30, the odds of lower rates increase. Expect a drop to 3.60 by June 30.Jay said he'd ease more, you're a liar'Cuz you never, ever, ever did again.These views are mine. Catch the breaks at TMSpotlight.com.And not enough to catch a grenade for us.----------------------Song: Grenade (2010) Bruno Mars

This podcast segment covers the Senate's confirmation of William Pulte as FHFA Director, the future of GSE conservatorship, credit score reforms, and MBA's efforts to shape housing policy under the Trump administration.-------------------------------------------------------------Adam DeSanctis, VP of Communication at Mortgage Bankers AssociationAs a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely considered to be an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA's social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA's research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA's organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA's Opens Doors Foundation and MBA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker's TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ The Mortgage Collaborative, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. We also have commentaries provided by our Consultants, Bill Corbet and Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.