Kevin Peranio is a director of AXIS Lending Academy. He is also the chief lending officer for PRMG, one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders, where he oversees all loan production.
Category: News and Trends
MISMO Issues Call for Participants for New Workgroup Focused on Automating Homeowner Insurance Requests
MISMO®, the real estate finance industry standards organization, seeks participants for an initiative focused on automating homeowner insurance requests.
Authors Malcolm Gladwell, Brad Meltzer Keynote 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 open. Join MBA in San Diego as New York Times best-selling authors Malcolm Gladwell and Brad Meltzer keynote General Sessions.
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“Until last decade, old hotels were all the rage in adaptive reuse due, in part, to their existing floorplans and utilities that were already fit for residential use. However, consistent urban demand and increased preference for open-plan layouts and out-of-the-box designs revealed the housing potential in non-residential buildings.”
–Alexandra Ciuntu, Researcher with RentCafe, Santa Barbara, Calif.
People in the News Oct. 8, 2021
Equity National Title, Providence, R.I., named Jennifer Pensa Chief Operating Officer. She will manage day-to-day operations of the business, managing and strategically optimizing systems, technology and production processes.
Student Housing Trends: A Q&A with JLL
MBA NewsLink interviewed JLL Capital Markets Senior Director Teddy Leatherman and JLL Valuation Advisory Senior Vice President Kai Pan about the current state of the student housing market and what might be in store for the sector.
Joseph D’Urso of TitleEase on Franchising Title Agencies
MBA NewsLink spoke with Joseph D’Urso, CEO of TitleEase, on the advantages of the franchise model and its potential benefits to lenders.
Erika Martin of Enact: How the Customer Experience Has Changed Throughout the Pandemic
Customer interactions in every industry saw significant transitions to digital interactions, but this was an especially large adjustment within the mortgage industry; an industry that still relied heavily on in-person interactions and paper documentation. Let’s discuss just how much the industry has changed in the past year and a half.
Commercial Real Estate Prices Rise Again
Real Capital Analytics, New York, reported all four major commercial real estate types posted double-digit annual price growth in August.
MBA Letter Urges Banking Committee Approval of Alanna McCargo to Head Ginnie Mae
Ahead of a confirmation hearing Thursday morning, the Mortgage Bankers Association sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee in support of Alanna McCargo, the Biden Administration’s nominee for President of Ginnie Mae.