MISMO®, the real estate finance industry standards organization, seeks public comment on its new eModification Reference Guide. The 30-day comment period runs through May 24.
Category: News and Trends
MBA NewsLink Tech All-Star 2021: Benjamin Schweitzer and Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Innovation Lab
To deal with the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, Freddie Mac Senior Director Benjamin Schweitzer and Freddie Mac’s Strategic Transformation team immediately accelerated their work on technology that supports remote property inspections, widely known as virtual inspections.
MBA NewsLink Tech All-Star 2021: Connecting the Mortgage Ecosystem—Matt Hansen, Founder and CEO, SimpleNexus
It’s easy to make Matt Hansen happy. “I just love writing code,” the Founder and CEO of SimpleNexus and MBA NewsLink 2021 Tech All-Star, said. “If I wasn’t writing code at work, which I did for 14 years, I was writing code at home. Even after a decade of it, I just couldn’t get enough of it.”
MBA NewsLink Tech All-Star 2021: A Passion for Safe Closes—Ike Suri, Chairman & CEO, FundingShield
You might say Ike Suri is feeling the love these days. The quality of his vision in the past four years has transformed how many of us work. Plus, it’s hard to ignore the head of a company that has reviewed more than $1 trillion (that’s trillion with a “t”) in closing value.
MBA Advocacy Update Apr. 26, 2021
On Wednesday, the 11th Circuit Court ruled that using a vendor to generate a letter to a debtor violated the FDCPA’s prohibition on disclosing a consumer’s debt to a third party. Also last week, the House passed H.R. 1395, the Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2021, and H.R. 1532, the Improving FHA Support for Small-Dollar Mortgages Act of 2021.
#MBASpring21: Politics and Economic Policy with Gary Cohn
The economy is well-positioned for growth as it leaves the Pandemic Recession, said former National Economic Council Director and Vice Chairman of IBM Gary Cohn during the recent MBA Spring Conference & Expo 21.
March New Home Sales Roar
March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, the saying goes, but it evidently doesn’t apply to new home sales.
Dealmaker: JLL Secures $158M for 11-Property Retail Portfolio
JLL Capital Markets, Chicago, closed the $295 million sale of and arranged $157.9 million in financing for a portfolio of 11 New England single-tenant retail buildings.
The Week Ahead—Apr. 26, 2021
The Federal Open Market Committee assembles in Washington this week for its regularly scheduled policy meeting, amid a hot economy and rising inflation.
MBA Chart of the Week: Home Purchase Applications By Loan Size
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week examines year-over-year growth in purchase loan applications by loan size since 2018.