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–2025 MBA Chair-Elect Christine Chandler
Category: News and Trends
CBRE Forecasts Modest Hotel RevPAR Growth
CBRE, Dallas, forecasts that hotel revenue per available room will grow modestly this year, driven by the continued outperformance of urban locations as well as a projected rise in demand for drive-to and regional leisure destinations.
21 Mortgage Servicers Earn CCMS Designation at MBA CMST Conference
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.–Twenty-one mortgage servicers earned their Commercial Certified Mortgage Servicer designations here at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference.
Greystone Receives MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Educator of the Year Award
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.–Greystone, New York, received MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Educator of the Year Award at MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology conference.
Christine Chandler Discusses the Servicing Scene in Washington
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.–There have been many changes since last year’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, 2025 MBA Chair-Elect Christine Chandler said here in her opening remarks.
MBA’s Bob Broeksmit Shares Optimistic Outlook for Mortgage Industry
NEW YORK–Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, shared his views on the industry from the main stage at MBA’s Secondary and Capital Markets Conference, offering a largely positive outlook.
The Financial Impact of Servicing
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.–Servicers face increasing market and regulatory challenges, but there are ways to optimize outcomes in today’s evolving landscape, panelists said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference.
Dealmaker: Merchants Capital Secures $32.9 Million for Affordable Housing Development in Minnesota
Merchants Capital, Carmel, Ind., announced $32.9 million in financing for the construction of an affordable and supportive multifamily housing development in St. Paul, Minn.
CREF Policy Update: FHA Stat Limits–MBA Leads Coalition Effort Supporting the Housing Affordability Act
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA important to your business and our industry.
MBA: Commercial/Multifamily Borrowing Increases 42% in the First Quarter of 2025
Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 42% higher in the first quarter of 2025 compared to a year earlier, and decreased 40% from the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.