Real estate investors bought just over 26% of the low-priced homes that sold in the fourth quarter–the highest share on record, according to Redfin, Seattle.
Category: News and Trends
MISMO Partners with Federal Housing Agencies to Launch New Work Group Focused on Building a New Servicing Data Standard
MISMO, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, today issued a call for industry professionals to join a new development work group focused on creating a servicing data standard for Federal Housing Agency loans. The Federal Housing Agency Servicing Dataset workgroup effort is powered by Sagent.
Lisa Sun on Rediscovering Your Inner Child’s Confidence at #MBACREF24
SAN DIEGO–Why aren’t we as brave and confident as we were when we were kids?
CREF Policy Update Feb. 22: FHFA Announces Multifamily Property Insurance Symposium
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA important to your business and our industry.
Chart of the Week: MBA’s CREF Bingo Card
Many of us recently returned from a week in San Diego at MBA’s Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo, where 2,000-plus CRE mortgage professionals gathered to hear from speakers, discuss policy issues, network, and – most importantly – begin the year’s deal-making in earnest.
Dealmaker: JLL Capital Markets Closes $32M Sale, $25M Financing of Medical Building Portfolio
JLL Capital Markets, Chicago, arranged the $32 million sale and $25 million in financing for an outpatient medical building portfolio totaling 80,315 square feet in Arizona.
Commercial and Multifamily People in the News Feb. 22, 2023
Industry personnel news in the commercial and multifamily sector from Greystone and BBG.
FHA’s Julia Gordon on 2024 Priorities at #MBACREF24
SAN DIEGO–Getting policies to the finish line–and what could hold that up–was the big theme from a discussion between Julia Gordon, Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD, and MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, here Feb. 13.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Multifamily Officials: Workforce Housing, Property Conditions Key Issues–#MBACREF24
SAN DIEGO–The environment remains challenging but issues such as workforce housing, renter protections and property conditions and insurance are prime topics for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, officials from each said during a Feb. 13 session at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.
MBA Releases 2023 Year-End Commercial/Multifamily Servicer Rankings–#MBACREF24
SAN DIEGO–The Mortgage Bankers Association released its year-end ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage servicers’ volumes as of December 31, 2023, at its 2024 Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.