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“The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on some homeowners’ ability to make their mortgage payments could not be more apparent. The nearly 4 percentage point jump in the delinquency rate was the biggest quarterly rise in the history of MBA’s survey. The second quarter results also mark the highest overall delinquency rate in nine years, and a survey-high delinquency rate for FHA loans.”
–Marina Walsh, MBA Vice President of Industry Analysis.

MBA Chart of the Week: Delinquency Rate for Commercial/Multifamily Mortgages

The delinquency rate for commercial and multifamily mortgages declined in July. The rate had increased sharply in April at the onset of the pandemic, with 3.6% of loan balances becoming newly delinquent. In May, delinquencies increased again, with a new, but smaller, cohort of newly delinquent loans.

MBA Advocacy Update

On Wednesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency authorized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to impose an “Adverse Market Refinance Fee” – a 50-basis-point fee on most refinance mortgages, effective for loans delivered on or after September 1. Following the announcement, MBA CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement strongly urging FHFA to withdraw this directive.

Mark Dangelo: Beyond Digital Transformation—A Tale of What is Coming

The leverage of all things digital is here. However, digitalization is NOT digital transformation, let alone digital leverage. As finance firms and their target markets reach their cycle peaks, the leverage of digital is a requirement most banking leaders have not incorporated into their forthcoming budgets and operations.

Distressed Debt Monitor: A Conversation with Mayer Brown Partner Jeffrey O’Neale

MBA NewsLink interviewed Jeffrey O’Neale, a partner in Mayer Brown’s Charlotte office and a member of the Real Estate Markets practice. A primary focus of his practice is representing special servicers in loan workouts, restructurings and modifications and repurchase facility buyers in the servicing and administration of their commercial mortgage loan portfolios.

MBA Chart of the Week: Delinquency Rate for Commercial/Multifamily Mortgages

The delinquency rate for commercial and multifamily mortgages declined in July. The rate had increased sharply in April at the onset of the pandemic, with 3.6% of loan balances becoming newly delinquent. In May, delinquencies increased again, with a new, but smaller, cohort of newly delinquent loans.