Lisa Springer is a senior partner and CEO of STRATMOR Group, Greenwood Village, Colo., a data-driven mortgage advisory firm. She provides direction and leadership to achieve the firm’s strategic goals.
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MBA CONVERGENCE Partner Profile: Cheryl Muhammad, Assured Real Estate Services
Cheryl Muhammad is owner and CEO of Assured Real Estate Services, Memphis, Tenn., which she founded in 2005. She is responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations. She has been an award-winning full-time real estate agent since 1999. She serves as Co-Chair of the CONVERGENCE Memphis Information and Trust Gap Workstream.
Nadim Homsany: How IMBs Can Digitize Mortgage Coupons to Lower Costs and Risks
Digitizing traditional paper coupons are one easy way for IMBs to increase efficiency, boost customer satisfaction and decrease the risk of payment delinquency, all while jumpstarting the move to low-risk, low-cost digitally automated processes.
HUD Restores Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Requirement
HUD published an interim final rule on Thursday to restore implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing requirement, which was discontinued during the Trump Administration.
1Q Homeowner Equity Gains $1.9 Trillion
Corelogic, Irvine, Calif., said “underwater” (negative equity) homes decreased by 24% year over year in the first quarter, while the average homeowner gained $33,400 in equity year over year.
Initial Claims Down 6th Straight Week
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell for the sixth straight week, reaching the lowest level since before the coronavirus pandemic’s economic impact, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Commercial Real Estate Not Yet Out of the Woods
U.S. commercial real estate investment increased in April, but not all pandemic-related problems are in the rearview mirror, reported Real Capital Analytics, New York.
People in the News June 11, 2021
Maxwell, Denver, hired Sadie Gurley as Vice President, responsible for helping the company find new opportunities and expand its impact on community lenders across the country.
Single-Family Rentals Rising: A Conversation With Berkadia
One result of a strong housing market driven by low rates, high demand and supply constraints is a substantial increase in investor interest in single-family rental housing. MBA NewsLink interviewed Berkadia executives Hilary Provinse and Dori Nolan about the SFR landscape and the outlook for this burgeoning sector.
Dealmaker: Sonnenblick-Eichner Arranges $30M to Refi California Office
Sonnenblick-Eichner Co., Beverly Hills, Calif., arranged $30 million of first mortgage debt for Continental Development Corp. to refinance 1888 Rosecrans Avenue in Manhattan Beach, Calif.