CMF Newslinks Archive

Preparing Your Institution’s Commercial Lending Landscape for 2020

In just two short months, we will be heading into a new year and a new decade. To prepare, many institutions are planning their budget and objectives for the next year to ensure growth and profitability. With the start of a new decade, institutions are looking for ways to better equip their team with offerings and technology to meet the needs of current and future borrowers and evolve the lending process.

Commercial Servicing Software Must be Flexible

Commercial mortgage servicing can be particularly challenging. Like residential mortgage servicers, commercial servicers communicate with customers, take payments, manage escrow accounts and meet strict investor reporting requirements. Unlike residential servicers, commercial lenders often service a wide variety of loan types and provide more complex payment options

MBA Letter Urges House Committee Markup of TRIA Extension

Ahead of a markup vote scheduled this week in the House Financial Services Committee, the Mortgage Bankers Association sent an Oct. 29 letter to Committee members urging approval of a bill that would extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for seven years.

MBA Elects 2020 Board of Directors

AUSTIN, TEXAS–The Mortgage Bankers Association swore in its Board of Directors for the 2020 membership year here at the association’s 2019 Annual Convention & Expo.

Brian Stoffers, CMB, Takes Helm as MBA Chairman

AUSTIN, TEXAS–Like many people attending the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo here, Brian Stoffers, CMB, never intended to become a mortgage banker.