Grandbridge Real Estate Capital closed $58 million to refinance a New York seniors housing community and an Ohio multifamily property.
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“Teressa is the leading creative mind of MBA’s brand strategy and is a valued member of our leadership team. Through strategic planning and teamwork across the association, Teressa continues to lead successful marketing campaigns that drive membership growth and generate awareness and participation at conferences and our many products and services.”
–MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, on MBA’s Teressa Lurk being named a HousingWire 2021 Marketing Leader.

MBA Releases Q1 Commercial/Multifamily DataBook
On Wednesday, the Mortgage Bankers Association released its first quarter Commercial/Multifamily DataBook.

Mark P. Dangelo: aaS, the Building Blocks for an Uncertain Future, Part 3
Future market offerings and IT system delivery are being altered by the exponential expansion of granular, stackable aaS solutions. For industry leaders unaccustomed to using cross-industry building blocks and iterations of offerings, they will find declining profitability against rising industry disintermediation against their core products and services.

Grant Carlson: The June 29 Supreme Court Ruling on CDC Residential Eviction Moratorium
On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court in, a 5-4 ruling, declined to lift the national Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s residential eviction moratorium. The ruling responds to a request to lift the D.C. Federal District Court’s stay, which has effectively paused its order invalidating the CDC moratorium. Presumably, the CDC eviction moratorium will expire on July 31.

Matt Hansen: Get Your Back Up Off the Wall: Support MBA RON Advocacy Efforts
To extend Remote Online Notarization legislation nationwide, lenders are going to have to get their “back up off the wall” and join MBA efforts to press rulemakers for laws that enable homebuyers and the real estate finance industry to benefit from modern business practices that so many other industries already enjoy.

Call for Speakers: MBA Regulatory Compliance Conference, Deadline TODAY
The Mortgage Bankers Association issued a Call for Speakers for its Regulatory Compliance Conference, taking place Sept. 12-14 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Speaker proposals are due Friday, July 1.

MISMO Seeks Public Comment on Commercial Green Utility Dataset
MISMO®, the real estate finance industry standards organization, seeks public comment on a proposed standard for Commercial Green Utility Data. The 90-day comment period begins June 30 and runs through September 30.

Clint Salisbury: The RON Revelation–Why a Return to Normal Shouldn’t Mean a Return to the Status Quo
With recent events leading to a massive increase in the use of RON, borrowers have seen they can close on their mortgage from the convenience of their kitchen table, and they’re wondering why that can’t always be the case.

Grant Carlson: The June 29 Supreme Court Ruling on CDC Residential Eviction Moratorium
On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court in, a 5-4 ruling, declined to lift the national Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s residential eviction moratorium. The ruling responds to a request to lift the D.C. Federal District Court’s stay, which has effectively paused its order invalidating the CDC moratorium. Presumably, the CDC eviction moratorium will expire on July 31.