John Lammle Joins MBA as Associate Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Finance

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced that John Lammle has joined the association as Associate Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Finance. In this role, Lammle will help lead and execute MBA’s advocacy activities and initiatives supporting its commercial and multifamily members.  

Judith Ricks Joins MBA as Associate Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Research

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced that Judith Ricks has joined the association as Associate Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Research. In this role, Ricks will develop and oversee MBA’s extensive research and analysis that covers commercial real estate finance (CREF) markets.

MBA: Multifamily Lending Declined 49% to $246 Billion in 2023

In 2023, 2,520 different multifamily lenders provided a total of $246.2 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual report of the multifamily lending market.

MBA Urges HUD to Publish Notice About Ongoing Challenges With NSPIRE Protocol

The Mortgage Bankers Association asked HUD for assurance that servicers will not be held accountable for compliance with the new National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) system until it is “fully accessible and usable to each participant.”