MBA’s Lisa Haynes on Inclusivity in the Real Estate Industry

HousingWire, Jan. 21, 2021In a HousingWire Daily interview, Lisa Haynes, the Mortgage Bankers Association chief financial officer and chief diversity and inclusion officer, joins HousingWire Digital Media Manager Alcynna Lloyd …

Hedge Funds’ Bets on Fannie and Freddie Cause Pain

Wall Street Journal, Jan. 21, 2021–Juliet Chung, Andrew Ackerman (subscription)The end of the Trump administration is the end of the best hope for hedge-fund investors in a long and painful …

MBA, Trade Groups Ask Biden to Create $25 Billion Housing Assistance Fund

The Mortgage Bankers Association and nearly 40 industry trade groups, community organizations and real estate businesses yesterday asked President Joseph Biden Jr. to include a $25 billion Housing Assistance Fund as part of the Administration’s proposed $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package.

Don’t Let COVID Crisis Mask Affordable Housing Opportunity

HousingWire, Jan. 20, 2021–John BeachamAs the U.S. rushes to inoculate the current global health crisis, the real estate and mortgage finance industries are facing their second wave of significant industry …

Commercial Real Estate Debt Sustained by Central Bank Bond Buying

Wall Street Journal, Jan. 20, 2021–Anna Hirtenstein (subscription)Europe’s downtown office buildings are empty, and malls and main streets are deserted, yet the biggest landlords are staying afloat during the COVID-19 …