6.18.25 Fed Decision Day; A&D Mortgage's Rich Hoffmann on Corporate Culture; Flight to Safety

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 Fed's latest calculus surrounding its rate decision. Plus, Robbie sits down with A&D Mortgage’s Rich Hoffmann for a chat over tips and tricks for a successful merger between two mortgage companies, and how product expansion efforts will separate successful origination companies in the future. And we close with a look at why yesterday saw such a flight to safety in bond markets. Thank you to TRUE and its Mortgage Operations Service (MOS) platform, which transforms borrower documents into instant, trustworthy data for real-time decisioning. TRUE cuts time to critical loan events from days to minutes by using background AI workers to instantly validate data and automate underwriting decisions.