Category: News and Trends

The MBA Opens Doors Foundation announced it received $1.81 million in corporate and individual donations during its two-day FY 2020 fundraising campaign in late August.

You’ve heard, of NIMBY, of course–Not In My Back Yard. Turns out, there’s also YIMBY–Yes, In My Back Yard. And in this case, YIMBY is something the Mortgage Bankers Association and other industry trade groups like.

While commercial real estate deal volume dropped in the first quarter, it bounced back in the second, according to new reports.

Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA relevant to your business and our industry.

Greystone, New York, closed a $600 million commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation backed exclusively by bridge loans on primarily multifamily properties.

All businesses benefit by having more women in senior leadership roles, yet women remain underrepresented in commercial real estate leadership, reported Commercial Real Estate Women, Lawrence, Kan.

As commercial and multifamily properties deploy more energy- and water-efficient features and lenders seek utility data, MISMO®, the mortgage industry standards organization, seeks participants to help create a Commercial Historical Utility Dataset.

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said rent prices in single-family rental properties increased 2.9 percent year-over-year in July, down slightly year over year.

Most Americans prefer a mortgage payment to paying rent monthly, said Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., in its yearly Homebuyer Insights Report.

The multifamily market’s healthy growth continues, shown by continued not-too-fast, not-too-slow rent and occupancy growth.