mPowering You, MBA’s Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance, takes place Saturday, Oct. 16 at the San Diego Convention Center just ahead of the MBA Annual Convention & Expo (Oct. 17-20).
Category: News and Trends
MBA CONVERGENCE Partner Profile: David Dworkin, National Housing Conference
One in a recurring series about MBA CONVERGENCE, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s affordable housing initiative.
MBA Advocacy Update Sept. 20 2021
On Tuesday, following months of MBA advocacy, the Treasury Department and FHFA suspended certain limits on the business activities of the GSEs. On Wednesday, FHFA also announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework Rule.
MBA Chart of the Week Sept. 17 2021–Teleworking Due to Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses to change the way they operate, and even 18 months later, there are different views and strategies for the workplace, with teleworking at the center of many discussions.
Armand Massie of HCL Technologies: Transforming Lending Solutions for Enhanced Customer Experience
The face of lending has changed – from large banks and financial institutions to online consumers and lenders. With the pandemic mandating social distancing and lockdowns, businesses and individuals are looking for lenders that can perform the borrowing journey remotely and faster than before.
The Week Ahead Sept. 20, 2021: Five Things to Watch
Good Monday morning! Welcome to the (official) Last Week of Summer and another busy week for the real estate finance industry. Here are five things to watch for this week:
RICS: Owners Must Accelerate Decarbonization Effort to Support Net-Zero Goal
Commercial property owners are moving in the right direction but must move faster to decarbonize buildings, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and World Built Environment Forum.
Dealmaker: Dwight Capital Finances $88M
Dwight Capital, New York, closed $87.7 million in multifamily financings.
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“Many of the impediments to broader housing affordability involve factors beyond legislation and regulation. We have to make these loans make economic sense and much easier to market, originate and service if our efforts will be scalable.”
–David Dworkin, President and CEO of the National Housing Conference and a partner with the MBA CONVERGENCE affordable housing initiative.
MBA CONVERGENCE Environmental Scan Examines Affordable Rental Housing Challenges, Opportunities
MBA CONVERGENCE, the national strategy by the Mortgage Bankers Association to bring together lenders, community leaders and public officials for new solutions to America’s affordable housing challenges, this week released an Environmental Scan examining affordability challenges in rental housing markets.