CBRE, Dallas, appointed Rachel Vinson as Global Chief Operating Officer for Capital Markets. She lead the operations of CBRE’s global Capital Markets business, consisting of Property Sales, Debt & Structured Finance and Capital Advisors—the firm’s investment banking division.
Category: News and Trends
Louis Casari of HCL Technologies: Leveraging Hyperautomation Lending Solutions to Accelerate Business Growth
By combining multiple advanced technologies such as machine learning and RPA, businesses are innovating their workflows. Lending solutions is a prime area where hyperautomation can deliver significant benefits and accelerate the speed of growth.
Sponsored Content from InRule: Transform Mortgage Lending and Real Estate with Machine Learning
Discover five common scenarios in mortgage lending to help your enterprise get started with machine learning.
MBA Advocacy Update Sept. 24, 2021
On Tuesday, House lawmakers passed a continuing resolution along party lines, sending the measure to the Senate for a vote ahead of a Sept. 30 government funding deadline. Meanwhile, MBA led a coalition of associations urging Congress to raise the federal debt limit to avoid roiling financial markets. And MBA’s Research Institute for Housing America released a report that examines climate change’s growing impact on housing and housing finance.
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“The share of loans in forbearance continued to decrease last week, dropping below 3 percent for the first time since March 2020. However, there was a slight increase in the forbearance share for Ginnie Mae loans, and this increase
was seen for both depository and IMB servicers.”
–Mike Fratantoni, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Economist.
MBA Opens Doors Foundation Kicks Off 2022 Fundraising Season with $3.2 Million in Donations
The MBA Opens Doors Foundation announced it received $3.2 million in corporate and individual donations during its first two days of the FY 2022 fundraising campaign, September 8-9.
MBA Chart of the Week, Sept. 24, 2021: Distribution of Loans by APR-APOR Spread & Month
In this week’s MBA Chart of the Week, we analyze Optimal Blue single-family, 30-year fixed mortgage rate origination loan data from January 2020 through August 2021. We further group loans in the chart by the spread between their reported note rate and the (monthly average of the) Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey rates to approximate the APR-APOR spread.
Multifamily Market Musings: a Conversation with Fannie Mae’s Kim Betancourt
Kim Betancourt is Fannie Mae’s Senior Director of Economics and Multifamily Research. She manages a team of real estate economists that focus exclusively on the multifamily sector.
mPowering You: MBA’s Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance Oct. 16
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).
Todd Sheinin of Homespire Mortgage: The Future of the Mortgage Office–Redefining the Workplace in a Post-Vaccine Environment
With the effects of the pandemic now stretching into a second year, many mortgage companies are beginning to feel the pressure to have employees return to the office. However, while returning may seem like the right move on the surface, it is important to consider the reasoning behind this decision and whether it is completely necessary.