Fresh Off the Expo Floor: What California Brokers Are Saying

Angel Oak's Eric Morgenson and Larry Mize join NMP's Andrew Berman straight off the California Mortgage Expo, the largest regional mortgage trade show in the country, to share what brokers and originators are actually saying in 2026. From pipeline-building strategies to the Non-QM products gaining the most traction right now, including DSCR loans, bank statement programs, no-ratio investor loans, foreign national lending, and manufactured home financing, this session brings the show floor directly to you. Learn why self-employed borrowers represent one of the biggest untapped opportunities in today's market, how proactive originators are building Non-QM pipelines before the competition catches up, and what it takes to stop treating Non-QM as a fallout product and start using it as a primary revenue driver. Real insights, real products, straight from two of the most experienced Non-QM professionals in the business.