Lykken on Lending

• Data-Driven Volatility: How Economic Reports Are Steering Bond Markets - Market Update by Matt Graham

  This podcast segment covers a turbulent week in the bond market, as economic data, inflation signals, and tariff uncertainties fueled rising yields and challenged investor expectations ahead of the Fed’s policy update.-----------------------------------------------------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.

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• "I Can't Tell You Why" Margins Fell Apart - Macro Market Update by Les Parker

  05-05-2025 "I Can't Tell You Why" Margins Fell Apart--------------------Look at the markets, up all nightTearing our loans apart.Market chaos rips margins. Most hedgers can’t tell their superiors why the margins fell apart, forcing them to manage budgets dangerously.Buyers bought 4.44 in the 10-year yield, leading to a bear trap and reviving the Bulls. Look for a sub-4% in the 10-year yield as it gains momentum. So, our 10-year yield target of 3.60 is back.Every time, hedgers go sideways.Something makes them change the way they trade.Yet, they can’t tell you whyThese views are mine. You can know why at TMSpotlight.com.____________Song: I Can’t Tell You Why (1979) Eagles

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• Protecting Borrower Privacy: The Push to Reform Trigger Leads - MBA Mortgage Minute by Adam DeSanctis

  This podcast segment covers how Congress is moving closer to protecting borrower privacy by limiting mortgage trigger leads, with strong advocacy support from the Mortgage Bankers Association.-------------------------------------------------------------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.

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• A New Era in Mortgage Servicing: Lower Costs, Better Care, Powered by AI with Pavan Agarwal of SunWest Mortgage

  In this episode of Lykken on Lending, David Lykken welcomes back Pavan Agarwal, CEO of Sun West Mortgage and creator of Angel AI, for an exciting conversation about the future of mortgage servicing. They dive into how cutting-edge AI technology is dramatically lowering servicing costs — down to as little as $4 per loan — while restoring true borrower partnership and care. By combining a revolutionary AI-driven servicing platform with a deep-rooted culture of compassion, Sun West is not only slashing operational expenses but also redefining what it means to serve homeowners, especially during life's toughest moments. Get ready to hear about a new era where technology and heart go hand in hand to transform the mortgage experience.

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• Blind Spots in Capital Markets: Why Questions Matter More Than Ever

  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”.

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