Mortgage applications increased 5.7 percent from one week earlier, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 23, 2021.
Category: News and Trends
FHA Establishes New, Streamlined COVID-19 Recovery Loss Mitigation Options
The Federal Housing Administration on Friday published Mortgagee Letter 2021-18, COVID-19 Recovery Loss Mitigation Options. The ML outlines assistance for homeowners who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to remain in their homes with new, streamlined loss mitigation options.
Rita Moreno Keynotes mPower Luncheon at MBA Annual Convention & Expo
Registration for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo, taking place Oct. 17-20 at the San Diego Convention Center, is officially open. Join MBA in San Diego as Academy Award- and Presidential Medal of Freedom Award-winning actress Rita Moreno keynotes the mPower Luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 19.
Industry Briefs July 29, 2021
NotaryCam, Newport Beach, Calif., partnered with RUTH RUHL P.C., a Texas-based law firm, to add security and automation to the firm’s loss mitigation services through remote online notarization.
MBA Seeks Participants in New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Study
The Mortgage Bankers Association introduces a new offering to its members — the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Study — separately designed and compiled for both the residential and commercial/multifamily sides of the real estate finance industry
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“MBA appreciates and supports the Biden administration and CFPB awareness campaign to make sure tenants and landlords take advantage of the emergency rental assistance programs available to help cover rent, utilities and other housing costs. With the CDC nationwide eviction moratorium set to expire on July 31, we are working closely with our multifamily loan servicing members to communicate to their borrowers that billions of dollars is available to help tenants and landlords in need.”
–MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB.
MBA Supports CSBS Prudential Standards for Nonbank Mortgage Servicers
On Tuesday the Conference of State Bank Supervisors released model state regulatory prudential standards for nonbank mortgage servicers. MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, immediately expressed support for the standards.
MBA MAA ‘Call to Action’ on GSE ‘G-Fees’
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s grassroots advocacy arm, the Mortgage Action Alliance, issued a ‘Call to Action’ on Monday to its 70,000-plus members urging them to tell their elected officials to not use government-sponsored enterprise guaranty fees (g-fees) as a source of funding offsets.
Mark P. Dangelo: The Dark Matter Transforming M&A Post-Deal Landscapes, Part 1
Industry 4.0 for banking and financial services is changing the landscape of the who, what, where, why, and how of M&A targets and post-deal actions. Prescriptions are out—a new framework is in due to non-stop deals, vast data, and layers upon layers of new innovations. M&A actions moving forward are all about “Are we asking the right questions?”
Rent, Mortgage Linked to Worse Health Outcomes During Early Stages of Pandemic
Needing to make rent or mortgage payments was significantly associated with health and mental distress during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Michigan School of Public Health reported.