4.19.24 Fed Messaging; Rob Chrisman Interview; More Affordability Metrics

04/19/24 • 18 min

Chrisman Commentary - Daily Mortgage News

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Chrisman Commentary - Daily Mortgage News - 4.19.24 Fed Messaging; Rob Chrisman Interview; More Affordability Metrics

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It is “Take Your Child to Work Day” next Thursday which, if you work from home, is probably like a day off from school for the tyke. (I won’t be bringing my son Robbie to work, who, as I write this, is pedaling from Chicago to New York and bunked down last night in Union Home’s Bill Cosgrove’s humble abode.) I do not track his exact whereabouts, but we all know that, in having a smart phone, one gives up pretty much all of their privacy. For example, a new working paper posted to the