John Vong, CMB, CMT, is president and co-founder of ComplianceEase, Burlingame, Calif., and a frequent contributor to MBA NewsLink.
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MBA: 4Q Mortgage Delinquencies Fall to 40-Year Low
Mortgage delinquency rates for loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties in the fourth quarter fell to the lowest level since the Mortgage Bankers Association began tracking such data.

#CREF2020: PNC, Wells Fargo Lead MBA 2019 Year-End Commercial/Multifamily Servicer Rankings
SAN DIEGO–The Mortgage Bankers Association released its year-end ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage servicers’ volumes as of December 31, here at the MBA 2020 Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo.

Matt Johnner: ‘The Last Frontier of Lending’
Today, everything from mortgage lending to online banking uses technology to help save time. In the past few years, technology has gone from a luxury to a necessity and with that shift has come a flood of new technologies that automate nearly every process out there. This is also true of mortgage lending.

Mortgage Applications Up Again in MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications rose for the third straight week, continuing a solid start to the new year despite a slight increase in interest rates, the Mortgage Bankers Associations morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 7.

John Vong, CMB, CMT, on eExams and Lending Compliance
John Vong, CMB, CMT, is president and co-founder of ComplianceEase, Burlingame, Calif., and a frequent contributor to MBA NewsLink.

Redfin: New Home Sales Surge in Fourth Quarter as Inventory Tumbles, Prices Flatten
Redfin, Seattle, said new home sales rose by 8.8% year over year in the fourth quarter, the biggest gain in more than two years and the third consecutive quarter of increases, driving continued depletion of inventory in the market.

MBA: 4Q Mortgage Delinquencies Fall to 40-Year Low
Mortgage delinquency rates for loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties in the fourth quarter fell to the lowest level since the Mortgage Bankers Association began tracking such data.

Matt Johnner: ‘The Last Frontier of Lending’
Today, everything from mortgage lending to online banking uses technology to help save time. In the past few years, technology has gone from a luxury to a necessity and with that shift has come a flood of new technologies that automate nearly every process out there. This is also true of mortgage lending.

Mark P. Dangelo: The Challenges of Reskilling Workforces, Part 2
During an age of mass economic disruption and customer reorientation, innovative leaders will wrestle not only with the challenges of reskilling existing workforces, but also must filter every initiative through politics, social chaos and industry axioms if they are to add clarity to the Innovation Predicament.