Category: News and Trends

The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Deborah Dubois as President of the MBA Opens Doors Foundation.

The commercial real estate market has reached a “late stable” stage with some “moderate” signs of distress, reported RCLCO, Los Angeles.

The Conference Board, New York, said its Leading Economic Index increased by 1 percent in January, suggesting strong economic growth should continue through the first half of 2018.

Small-cap commercial real estate leasing activity rebounded “smartly” during the fourth quarter, though overall demand for the year came up short compared with 2016, reported Boxwood Means, Stamford, Conn.

Investment property sales dollar volume in core Manhattan fell 41 percent year-over-year to $23 billion in 2017–the lowest since 2010–reported Eastern Consolidated, New York.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a Feb. 26 letter to HUD, said manufactured housing offers the agency with opportunities to help meet the nation’s affordable housing needs and urged it to take a more flexible regulatory approach.

The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Deborah Dubois as President of the MBA Opens Doors Foundation.

The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Deborah Dubois as President of the MBA Opens Doors Foundation.

Over the past few weeks, markets reassessed prospects for inflation following a Bureau of Labor Statistics report that wages increased 2.9 percent in January on a year over year basis after a stagnant year of growth in the 2.5-2.6 percent range.

Saving for a down payment on the median U.S home takes six years longer for a single person than a couple, according to a new Zillow analysis–a factor that could discourage some from even trying.