Playbooks
Housing playbooks and tool assumptions
Read the market setup first, then open the tool that matches the decision you need to make.
Market playbooks
Start with the current housing setup
These posts translate MBS pressure, borrower margin, inventory, and affordability into everyday buy, lock, refi, sell, or wait decisions.
September 2026 MBS Housing Playbook
A living rate-desk check connecting mortgage pricing, housing supply, and borrower margin to client decisions.
Rate Desk Signal System
How rate, spread, event-risk, borrower-margin, and inventory signals become lock alerts and client-ready calls.
May Money Weather Update
Range-bound rates, MBS spread pressure, looser inventory, and borrower-margin checks translated into decision triggers.
Signal Stack and Evidence Upgrade
How the new MBS, Treasury, affordability, labor, cash, and evidence-history stack feeds the daily decision brief.
Partner Linkback Guide
Implementation guidance for partners who need the MBS linkback and embed standards.
Seller Concession vs. Buydown
Help agents and sellers decide whether payment relief beats a plain price cut.
Tool assumptions
Open the matching framework
Use these when you need to understand the math, guardrails, or tradeoffs inside a tool result.