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Volume 25 Issue 30

Friday, February 13, 2026

mPower Panel Talks Leadership Lessons

SAN DIEGO–Five women in the industry took to the main stage at the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo Feb. 10 to participate in a wide-ranging mPower panel discussion on leadership.

MBA Sends Letter Regarding Changes to ANS for H.R. 6047

The Mortgage Bankers Association sent a letter to the leadership of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding the amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026.

MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Increase in the Fourth Quarter

The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.26% of all loans outstanding at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, according to MBA’s National Delinquency Survey.

MBA VIDEOS

MBA Now: ACES Quality Management’s Trevor Gauthier on the State of Mortgage Servicing (sponsored)

MBA Now: ACES Quality Management’s Trevor Gauthier on the State of Mortgage Servicing (sponsored)

MBA's Bob Broeksmit on the Importance of Investing in MISMO

MBA's Bob Broeksmit on the Importance of Investing in MISMO

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Research Minute

MBA Research Minute

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

Congressional Housing Deal Faces New Hurdle as Trump Pushes Investor Ban
U.S. Home Sales Fell Sharply in January, Even as Mortgage Rates Continued to Ease
Income Needed to buy a Home Falls 4%
Correspondent Channel Loses Share in Agency Market
Americans With Higher Incomes Are Starting to Fall Behind on Payments

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Essentials for Executives and Board Members: Basics of Board Duties and Ethics for Mortgage Lenders and Servicers, Feb. 13
Perks Marketplace: An Exclusive Benefit for MBA Members

Today’s Homebuyers Aren’t Optimistic—They’re Adapting (sponsored by Truework)

Truework Founder Ethan Winchell explains why Millennials and Gen Z find homeownership riskier, more stressful, and more expensive than expected.

February 13, 2026

Honoring Former MBA Chairman Herbert B. Tasker, CMB

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Former MBA Chairman Herbert B. Tasker, CMB, passed away on January 30, 2026. The Mortgage Bankers Association and his many friends and colleagues remember him fondly.

February 13, 2026

Reinventing the Mortgage Data Core: Why Agentic AI Will Stall Without a Data Foundry

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Longtime MBA NewsLink contributor Mark Dangelo argues that the next era of mortgage competitiveness will be determined by whether institutions reinvent their data core through a data foundry model.

February 12, 2026

Job Growth Starts 2026 on a Stronger Note; Fratantoni Weighs In

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The U.S. economy added 130,000 nonfarm jobs in January, exceeding consensus expectations.

February 12, 2026

FHA Commissioner Cassidy Discusses Deregulation, Affordability

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SAN DIEGO--Frank Cassidy, federal housing commissioner and assistant secretary for housing at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, outlined some of his goals on the main stage at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo Feb. 9. Affordability and deregulation are key on that list.

February 12, 2026

MBA Presents Zain Smith With the David H. Stevens, CMB, Real Estate Legacy Scholarship Award

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MBA announced at its 2026 Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo that Zain Smith has been recognized as the David H. Stevens, CMB, Real Estate Legacy Scholarship award winner. The award recognizes students from MBA’s Commercial Real Estate Finance Fellowship Program and HomeFree-USA’s Center for Financial Advancement Program who have shown career aspirations in the real estate finance industry.

February 12, 2026

Broeksmit Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Homeownership and the Role of the Secondary Mortgage Market

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MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, testified Wednesday afternoon before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance. He spoke at a hearing titled Homeownership and the Role of the Secondary Mortgage Market.

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