Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, reported commercial mortgage-backed securities loan distress rates have continued to rise, but at a slower pace.
Category: News and Trends
ICE Mortgage Monitor: Early Spring Housing Market Shows Firmer Prices
The spring housing market began on stronger footing, buoyed by improved affordability and slowly rebuilding inventory despite the recent uptick in interest rates, according to the latest ICE Mortgage Monitor report.
Disaster Recovery: A Resource for Homeowners
MBA’s Disaster Recovery: A Resource for Homeowners outlines what homeowners can do before and after a disaster, along with how to start and work through the recovery process.
Compliance Standardization in Mortgage Lending is a Myth-An MBA Premier Member Editorial
DocMagic Chief Compliance Officer Gavin Ales writes that compliance cannot be reduced to a single operating model for the entire mortgage industry.
People in the News, April 7, 2026
Industry personnel news from Click n’ Close, Atlantic Bay Mortgage and Citywide Home Mortgage, a Rate company.
Zillow: Jacksonville Best Spot for First-Time Buyers
Zillow, Seattle, analyzed the best markets for first-time buyers among the nation’s 50 largest metros, finding that Jacksonville, Fla., topped the list.
CBRE: Investors Intend to Buy, Sell More CRE Assets in 2026 Than Last Year
CBRE, Dallas, reported that investors from around the world plan to buy and sell more commercial real estate assets this year than last year.
Chart of the Week: Share of Total Cumulative Expenditures in the HAF Allocations
While pandemic‑era mortgage forbearance policies have received significant attention—and are now a permanent part of the loss‑mitigation waterfall for homeowners with federally backed mortgages—the Homeowner Assistance Fund program has been less well understood.
School of Mortgage Banking I in New Orleans, April 20-23
MBA Education’s School of Mortgage Banking I emphasizes the interrelated roles of the functions within a residential mortgage banking firm and the relationships of the various institutions and agencies throughout the real estate finance industry.
ALTA Study Highlights Complexity of Title Production
The American Land Title Association, Washington, D.C., released a new survey of title professionals finding that more than 80% of real estate purchase transactions require reviewing at least 11 documents.