When the full effects of the coronavirus pandemic began hitting in March 2020, the Mortgage Bankers Association quickly realized that life as usual—and business as usual—could take a long time to return to “normal.”
Category: News and Trends

Jennifer Henry: How Cloud-Based Solutions are Powering the Digital Mortgage Transformation
Cloud computing allows the mortgage ecosystem to no longer be as segmented but rather, exist in a more holistic environment of insights and solutions that deliver a seamless digital experience. Mortgage professionals are already leveraging cloud technology to make smarter, more informed decisions.

Brian Lynch: A Deeper Dive into Mortgage Accounting: Financial Reporting is More Important Than Ever Before
Loan officers, branch managers, c-level executives and more need access to granular financial data and in-depth accounting tools in a changing market. The pandemic rapidly spurred the adoption of tech solutions and heightened the industry’s reliance on technology – from helping lenders operate, to supporting loan officers in their day-to-day tasks, to increasing daily efficiencies for the accounting department.

Mark P. Dangelo: Innovation Disruption Does NOT = BAU
As U.S. housing and real estate markets exceed $36 trillion and operating plans continue to reflect growth, the crumbling of the business-as-usual foundations because of big data and innovation acceleration will lead many banking and lending organizations to make the wrong decisions in 2021 by ignoring their customer value across the supply chain.

MBA Seeks Nominations to Serve on COMBOG
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG) Nominating Committee seeks members’ recommendations for individuals to serve on the Board beginning this October in the Investor, Lender, Mortgage Banker and Servicer categories.

Seth Appleton: 4 Key Business Challenges MISMO is Addressing
MISMO’s mission is to develop industry standards to solve real estate finance’s thorniest and most pressing business challenges. To make this happen, we drive collaboration across the mortgage industry and draw participation from all facets of the ecosystem.

MBA Weekly Applications Survey Apr. 7, 2021: 4th Straight Week of Declines
It’s been a familiar pattern for the past month: rising interest rates put a damper on mortgage applications activity for the fourth straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 2.

Pandemic Drives ‘The Great Reshuffling’
So many people have moved in the past year—either by choice or by circumstance—that it even has its own name: the “Great Reshuffling.”

Mark P. Dangelo: Innovation Disruption Does NOT = BAU
As U.S. housing and real estate markets exceed $36 trillion and operating plans continue to reflect growth, the crumbling of the business-as-usual foundations because of big data and innovation acceleration will lead many banking and lending organizations to make the wrong decisions in 2021 by ignoring their customer value across the supply chain.

Dealmaker: Walker & Dunlop Arranges $56M for Ohio Adaptive Reuse Project
Walker & Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., arranged $55.5 million for Quarry Trails Apartments and Quarry Trails Townhomes and Flats, a 293-unit multifamily and 100-unit townhome project located within a decommissioned quarry in Columbus, Ohio.