STR, Hendersonville, Tenn., reported hotel rooms under construction fell from one year ago, but noted properties in the planning stage increased significantly.
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#MBATech2022: Mortgage Industry Faces Growing Security Risks
LAS VEGAS—Security risks don’t just mean breaches and ransomware. Increasingly, individuals and companies are losing money due to wire fraud and other attacks.
#MBATech2022: View from the C-Suite: ‘You Have to Try New Things’
LAS VEGAS—Executives here at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Technology Solutions Conference & Expo said the biggest lesson from the coronavirus pandemic: don’t let your company sit still.
MBA: Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originated $683B in 2021; Total Lending Tally Reaches $891B
Commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers closed $683.2 billion of loans in 2021, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday. MBA estimated total CRE lending including activity from smaller and mid-sized depositories totaled $890.6 billion.
MBA Weekly Applications Survey Apr. 13, 2022: Applications Drop Again
Mortgage applications decreased for the fourth consecutive week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 8.
MISMO Unveils e-Eligibility Exchange to Drive Adoption, Scalability of Digital Mortgage Closings
MISMO®, the real estate finance industry standards organization, announced availability of the MISMO e-Eligibility Exchange, powered by Snapdocs, to further accelerate industry-wide adoption of digital closings.
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“Technology doesn’t diminish people at all—it allows people to do what they do best—create that connection that technology cannot do. If anything, it allows people to do things that enhance the client experience.”
–Brian Woodring, Chief Information with Rocket Mortgage LLC, Detroit.
#MBATech2022: ‘The Digital Future Is Drawing Closer’
LAS VEGAS—A byproduct of the coronavirus pandemic: the real estate finance industry adopted innovative technology solutions with extraordinary speed. Now, said Mortgage Bankers Association Chair-Elect Matt Rocco, the industry must take the next step.
MBA NewsLink 2022 Tech All-Star: Christy Moss, CMB, of FormFree
Christy Moss, CMB, has spent 35 years in housing finance with the singular goal of leaving the industry better than she found it. The former “face of Fannie Mae,” who helped hundreds of the GSE’s lenders gain seller status, is now doing just that as the head of sales and marketing at FormFree, a verification technology provider.
Rob Bayer of Anomaly Squared: Avoid Being Labeled SCAM LIKELY? Caller ID Management Strategies
How does a company making solicited and valuable non-solicited automated calls keep from being dinged as a scam so they can continue reaching their potential customers? There are multiple strategies from different angles to make sure every solution is maximized to ensure contact and conversion rate stay strong and continue to build.