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I help brokers and loan officers win the complex, non-traditional deals that fall outside the conventional box. Bank statements. DSCR. Foreign nationals. Self-employed. If it's Non-QM, it's my lane.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 · Morning Brief
Condo Limited Review Is Gone. Full Review Is Now Mandatory.
As of August 3, Fannie Mae retired Limited Review and Freddie Mac eliminated Streamlined Review, so every condo project over ten units requires a Full Review regardless of down payment or credit strength. Expect a wave of agency condo declines and have a portfolio option ready. On the rate sheet, the 5/1 ARM jumped 8 basis points to 6.73% and is now pricing 9 basis points above the 30-year fixed, a 31 basis point reversal from Sunday that makes every ARM quote from last week stale.
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30-Yr Fixed
6.64%
▼ 1 bp
15-Yr Fixed
6.07%
▲ 6 bps
5/1 ARM
6.73%
▲ 8 bps
10-Yr Treasury
4.70%
▼ 5 bps
Upcoming Calendar
  • → Aug 5: ADP and ISM Services. Private payrolls in the morning followed by ISM Services. Services drives the bulk of core inflation, so a hot prices-paid figure here would strengthen the three-member hawkish bloc ahead of Friday.
  • → Aug 6: Weekly Jobless Claims and Freddie Mac PMMS. Claims at 8:30 a.m. ET, with the weekly rate survey at 10:00. Claims have become a higher-signal indicator given how badly payrolls have been revised.
  • → Aug 7: July Jobs Report. The week's only genuine catalyst. June printed 57,000 with unemployment at 4.2% and the prior two months revised down a combined 74,000, so a second soft print is the cleanest path back toward a 4.50% ten-year.
  • → Aug 12: July CPI. Arguably bigger than the jobs report given that the Fed has tied the September decision to the next two inflation prints. June ran 3.5% year over year. Watch core services, which is where the stickiness lives.
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Bank statement borrowers. Real estate investors with DSCR deals. Self-employed clients with complex tax returns. Foreign nationals. I live in these scenarios daily. Submit one and I'll price it fast and walk you through the options.
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Wholesale Partnership
You keep the client relationship. I handle the product, pricing, and process. You close the deal and get paid. That's the wholesale model — and it's winning. Broker market share hit 20.2% in Q4 2025.
The Opportunity

Non-QM isn't a niche anymore. It's the edge.

The self-employed. The investor. The foreign national. The borrower with great income and a complicated tax return. These clients are underserved by conventional lending, and they're some of the most motivated buyers in the market.

  • Non-QM volume grew over 30% in 2024 with strong momentum continuing into 2026
  • Broker market share hit 20.2% in Q4 2025. The wholesale channel is winning.
  • Self-employed borrowers represent the fastest-growing buyer segment
  • DSCR loans make real estate investing accessible without W-2 income verification
  • One Non-QM approval builds a relationship that generates referrals for years
$1T+
Annual Non-QM origination market potential
16M+
Self-employed Americans who don't fit the conventional box
20.2%
Wholesale broker market share Q4 2025
30%+
Non-QM volume growth year over year
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