Accunet Mortgage & Realty Show 3-14-26

David Wickert and Brian Wickert break down how the Middle East conflict is rippling through oil markets and what that actually means for mortgage rates back home — spoiler: when you translate the headlines into real monthly dollars, it’s a lot less scary than the click-bait suggests.

Brian shares a refinance win out of Minnesota where a Habitat for Humanity referral turned into a textbook case of “less is more” — strategically minimizing countable income to unlock Fannie Mae’s low-and-moderate-income pricing discounts that the borrower’s big bank never even mentioned. Three options laid out, lock secured over a weekend...