The Lede

Mortgage Media, May 15, 2019The Mortgage Bankers Association's Jamie Woodwell sees a robust demand for housing over the next decade.

National Mortgage Professional, May 20, 2019--Phil HallBob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, challenged both Congress and federal regulators to ratchet up efforts in enacting sweeping new housing policy changes.

Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2019--Esther Fung (subscription)Many investors are turning to real estate stocks as a safe haven during the U.S.-China trade dispute. Real estate investment trusts--shares of companies that own office towers, hotels, shopping malls and other commercial properties--offer investors exposure to businesses that are geared toward the domestic market.

Archinect, May 21, 2019 --Anastasia Tokmakova Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signed a Mandatory Housing Affordability policy that will change the zoning of 27 Seattle neighborhoods from single-family to multifamily. This "upzoning" could generate 6,000 new homes over the next decade.

LOS ANGELES--Commercial real estate is enjoying good times, but to paraphrase Game of Thrones, is Winter coming? MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell shared his outlook for the sector here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

NEW YORK--Mortgage Bankers Association President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, said housing finance reform is "critically important" to the real estate finance industry, to consumers and the American economy.

LOS ANGELES--Integrating business operations, customer and employee experience and technology can digitally transform the commercial/multifamily mortgage servicing business, PwC Partner Steve Robertson said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

LOS ANGELES--Knowing your personality type and those of your co-workers can give you a competitive advantage, behavioral expert Dan Silvert said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

LightBox, New York, acquired Real Capital Markets and Digital Map Products.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a May 21 letter to the House Financial Services Committee, said new Current Expected Credit Loss accounting requirements to measure credit losses could adversely residential and commercial/multifamily lenders, particularly community lenders.

LOS ANGELES--Commercial real estate is enjoying good times, but to paraphrase Game of Thrones, is Winter coming? MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell shared his outlook for the sector here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

LOS ANGELES--Integrating business operations, customer and employee experience and technology can digitally transform the commercial/multifamily mortgage servicing business, PwC Partner Steve Robertson said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

LOS ANGELES--Commercial real estate is enjoying good times, but to paraphrase Game of Thrones, is Winter coming? MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell shared his outlook for the sector here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

LOS ANGELES--Integrating business operations, customer and employee experience and technology can digitally transform the commercial/multifamily mortgage servicing business, PwC Partner Steve Robertson said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.