The Trump Administration has signaled that it is prepared to take meaningful steps to alter the long-standing conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which has now entered its eighteenth year. One idea some have mentioned is the potential merger of the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), or their placement under common holding company ownership, writes MBA President & CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB.

MISMO, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, named mortgage industry veteran, author and thought leader Brian Vieaux, CMB, as its new president, effective Oct. 16, 2025.

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Markets Committee cut the federal funds rate target by 25 basis points Sept. 17.

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Redfin, Seattle, found the median U.S. asking rent rose 2.6%–or $45–year-over-year to hit $1,790 in August.

Overall tech job growth has slowed, but the adoption of artificial intelligence has increased demand for AI-specialty tech talent, according to CBRE’s annual North America Scoring Tech Talent report.

Join us for MBA's CRE Insurance Conclave 2025 in Minneapolis. This premier event focuses on bringing together Insurance and Risk professionals from a variety of commercial real estate financing institutions.

Merchants Capital, Carmel, Ind., has secured $25.2 million in financing as part of the recapitalization and rehabilitation of Manhattan’s Westbeth Artists Housing, a 384-unit mixed-use affordable artist housing development.