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Category: News and Trends
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications decreased 1.4% from one week earlier, according to MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.
Altus Group: Commercial Real Estate Transactions Pick Up
Altus Group, Toronto, found aggregate commercial real estate transaction volume reached $150.6 billion in the third quarter, up 23.7% from the second quarter.
From Risk Elimination to Risk Management: The Mindset Shift Financial Institutions Need to Innovate
Ncontracts’ Rafael DeLeon writes that growth requires more than avoiding danger; it requires managing it.
MBA NewsLink Premier Member Spotlight: Prudent AI
One in a series of profiles of Premier Members of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Contact MBA’s Alicia Goncalves, CMB for information about Premier Member spotlights.
MISMO Announces 2025 Standards Governance Committee Election Results
MISMO, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, announced the elected members to join or continue the 2026/2027 term on the Residential Standards Governance Committee and on the Commercial Standards Governance Committee.
Redfin: Delistings Jump in September
Redfin, Seattle found home delistings hit a historically high level in September. Nearly 85,000 sellers took their homes off the market, up 28% from a year earlier and the highest level for that month dating back to 2017.
Industry Briefs, Dec. 3, 2025
Industry news from Panorama Mortgage Group, Arrive Home, DocMagic, FirstClose and Lake Michigan Credit Union.
Learn More About the Dec. 3 CSBS/MISMO Tech Sprint
Hear from MISMO President Brian Vieaux, CMB, and Kevin Byers from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors about the upcoming Mortgage Compliance Dataset Tech Sprint kickoff, to be held virtually Dec. 3.
ICE First Look: Increased Refinance Activity Drives Mortgage Prepayments Up
Softening mortgage rates expanded the pool of refinance candidates in October and pushed prepayments to their highest level in three and a half years, according to ICE Mortgage Technology, Atlanta.