Greystone, New York, announced Imran Ahmed joined the firm as a Senior Managing Director, responsible for expanding Greystone’s corporate finance activities, including development of global corporate and investment banking and institutional capital relationships.

When the full effects of the coronavirus pandemic began hitting in March 2020, the Mortgage Bankers Association quickly realized that life as usual—and business as usual—could take a long time to return to “normal.”

Shopoff Realty Investments, Irvine, Calif., secured a $105 million construction loan for its I-10 Logistics Center project, located near the I-10 freeway and Cherry Valley Boulevard interchange.

Jim Cameron is a senior partner with STRATMOR Group, a mortgage advisory firm, where he specializes in benchmarking and performance measurement, strategic planning and managing STRATMOR’s workshop program. He has 30 years of leadership experience in the mortgage industry and was instrumental in working with the MBA to develop the industry-standard benchmarking program known as the MBA and STRATMOR Peer Group Roundtables (“PGR”) Program.

MISMO’s mission is to develop industry standards to solve real estate finance’s thorniest and most pressing business challenges. To make this happen, we drive collaboration across the mortgage industry and draw participation from all facets of the ecosystem.

As U.S. housing and real estate markets exceed $36 trillion and operating plans continue to reflect growth, the crumbling of the business-as-usual foundations because of big data and innovation acceleration will lead many banking and lending organizations to make the wrong decisions in 2021 by ignoring their customer value across the supply chain.

Loan officers, branch managers, c-level executives and more need access to granular financial data and in-depth accounting tools in a changing market. The pandemic rapidly spurred the adoption of tech solutions and heightened the industry's reliance on technology – from helping lenders operate, to supporting loan officers in their day-to-day tasks, to increasing daily efficiencies for the accounting department.

Cloud computing allows the mortgage ecosystem to no longer be as segmented but rather, exist in a more holistic environment of insights and solutions that deliver a seamless digital experience. Mortgage professionals are already leveraging cloud technology to make smarter, more informed decisions.