CREF Policy Update

Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA important to your business and our industry.

MBA Presents Smriti L. Popenoe with the 2025 CREF Distinguished Service Award

SAN DIEGO–The Mortgage Bankers Association awarded Smriti L. Popenoe, Co-CEO, President, and Chief Investment Officer at Dynex Capital, with the 2025 Commercial Real Estate Finance Distinguished Service Award here at its 2015 Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.

Commercial/Multifamily Borrowing Increased 59% in Third Quarter, MBA Finds

Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased 59% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to a year ago, and increased 44% from the second quarter, according to MBA’s Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.