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Category: News and Trends
MBA Advocacy Update Oct. 25 2021
On Monday, in remarks given at MBA’s Annual Convention and Expo 2021, FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson announced two steps to advance housing sustainability and affordability.
MBA Premier Member Profile: FormFree
FormFree® is a fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport™ are building a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by encouraging lenders to view borrower ability to pay (ATP) more holistically.
MBA Chart of the Week Oct. 25 2021: Commercial/Multifamily Lending
Sometimes research is like putting a puzzle together – trying to fit one piece of information with another to create a full picture of what’s happening. This week, we are adding a new, final piece to the puzzle of how much commercial real estate lending happens each year.
CRE Fundamentals Continue Bounceback
Commercial real estate fundamentals are bouncing back with help from a slower, but still steady economic recovery, reported Wells Fargo Economics, Charlotte, N.C.
Housing Market Roundup: Oct. 25 2021
While we were in San Diego last week for the MBA Annual Convention & Expo, a number of housing reports came across the MBA NewsLink desk that we didn’t get a chance to cover. Here’s a quick summary of those reports:
The Week Ahead Oct. 25, 2021: Four Things to Watch
Good morning and happy Monday (someone has to say it). Mortgage Bankers Association staff are back in Washington following an exhilarating Annual Convention & Expo in San Diego that drew nearly 3,500 attendees.
Dealmaker: IRA Capital Acquires Beverly Hills Office for $153M
IRA Capital, Irvine, Calif., acquired The Post, a Class A creative office building in Beverly Hills, Calif., for $153 million.
Ask an Analyst: Talking About ESG & CRE Implications With Paul Fiorilla
Paul Fiorilla is Director of Research at Yardi Matrix. His research covers all facets of commercial real estate and he recently published a report highlighting different environmental risk levels across metro areas in the U.S. MBA Newslink interviewed him about the implications of recent environmental, social and governance trends.
Mark P. Dangelo: 2022 C-Suite Agendas Meet New Realities
The challenges of the executing against traditional business prescriptions are many—at a minimum due to changes in strategy, personnel, convention, ecosystems, innovations, and cloud (maturity). The accepted top-down agenda setting management theory of academics and consultants constructed in silos of efficiency are being called into question.