The $3.7 trillion commercial and multifamily mortgage market is really a confederation of different capital sources, property types and geographic markets, all bound together by the provision of mortgage capital backed by investment property incomes and collateral value. Often, the overall market moves in tandem. At other times – like now – different segments act very differently.
Category: News and Trends
Dealmaker: Walker & Dunlop Closes $56M in Multifamily, Nursing Facility Transactions
Walker & Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., sold and financed The Moretti at Vulcan Park, a 135-unit apartment community in Birmingham, Ala.
Mark Dangelo: Beware—Watch This Space, Part One
In a world of uncertainty, bankers, lenders and technology firms had grown accustom to traditional measures and approaches honed over decades of lessons learned. Today, the playbooks are gone, and we need to accept that consumers will not wait for us as we say the right things—but execute against a script that has been retired.
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“Many sectors of real estate leapfrogged entire stages of the normal real estate cycle and went straight to the bottom. The good part about that is, as they say, you can’t fall off the floor.”
–RCLCO Managing Director Brad Hunter.
MBA Advocacy Update
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued a lender letter and bulletin that offer additional information for market participants regarding implementation of the redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application. Late last week, Ginnie Mae issued APM 20-08 and APM 20-09, both of which clarify requirements relevant to independent mortgage bank issuers. And MBA joined a coalition of trade groups to provide ex parte comments in response to the FCC’s June 25 draft order establishing a call-blocking safe harbor.
People in the News July 13, 2020
Wells Fargo & Co., Des Moines, Iowa, announced Kristy Fercho will join the company at the beginning of August as head of Wells Fargo Home Lending. She will replace Michael DeVito, who has announced plans to retire later this summer after more than 23 years with Wells Fargo.
Craig Riddell of LoanLogics on Digital Technologies
Craig Riddell is Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer with LoanLogics, Trevose, Pa. He is responsible for establishing and developing ongoing relationships with LoanLogics’ largest enterprise clientele, as well as leading the company’s Sales, Marketing and Account Management functions.
MBA Education Path to Diversity Scholar Profile: Sammy Ramirez
(One of a continuing series of profiles of participants in the MBA Education Path to Diversity (P2D) Scholarship Program, which enables employees from diverse backgrounds to advance their professional growth and career development.)
Fannie Mae: Explore eClosing Scenarios
Did you know electronic closings can occur in different ways? Take a closer look at two digital closing scenarios: hybrid and full eClosing with remote online notarization (RON).
Faith Schwartz: New Era Borne of Pandemic to Upend Mortgage Costs
As longtime industry participants, we at Housing Finance Strategies contend that the pandemic has created a revolutionary opportunity that we must seize and leverage so that the mortgage business can emerge with higher quality prospective products funded through a drastically reduced cost structure.