Gantry, San Francisco, secured $33 million to refinance a North Carolina industrial property and a southern California retail center.
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MBA Letters Urge House, Senate Support for FY23 T-HUD Appropriations
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in letters this week to leaders of the Senate and Housse Appropriations Committees, urged support for the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2023.
ULI: Study Links Development Success, Racial Equity
Real estate development success and racial equity are increasingly linked, according to the Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C.
MISMO Issues Updated Industry Loan Application Dataset
MISMO®, the real estate finance industry standards organization, released its updated Industry Loan Application Dataset (iLAD), an industry standard for the exchange of loan application information.
MBA Promotes Adam DeSanctis to Vice President of Communications
The Mortgage Bankers Association promoted Adam DeSanctis to Vice President of Communications. In his elevated role, he will help shape MBA’s public affairs strategy and lead all aspects of media relations, member communications and video content development.
Call for Speakers: MBA Annual Convention & Expo; Deadline June 15
Speaking proposals for breakout sessions are now being accepted for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo 2022, taking place October 23-26 at Music City Center in Nashville.
MBA CREF Market Intelligence Symposium June 15-16
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual CREF Market Intelligence Symposium takes place June 15-16.
MBA Weekly Applications Survey May 25, 2022: Refi Fade Keeps Activity Down
Mortgage applications fell for the second straight weeks even though mortgage interest rates also fell over the same period, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 20.
Tom Lamalfa: May 2022 Secondary Market Conference Survey Report and Scorecard
Tom Lamalfa is a 44-year veteran of mortgage market research, whose focus in recent years has been on federal housing policy. He is president of TSL Consulting, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His semi-annual reports on the housing and mortgage finance industries appear regularly in MBA NewsLink.
Industry Briefs May 26, 2022: CFPB Launches New Effort to Promote Competition in Consumer Finance
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is opening a new office, the Office of Competition and Innovation, as part of a new approach to help spur innovation in financial services by promoting competition and identifying stumbling blocks for new market entrants.