Category: News and Trends

MBA Chart of the Week: Factors Impacting Commercial Real Estate Finance

Buoyed by low interest rates, strong property markets and rising property values, commercial and multifamily mortgage banking firms anticipate a solid year in 2020, according to MBA’s 2020 Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) Outlook Survey.

| By MBA NewsLink Staff

MBA Advocacy Update

On December 23, MBA sent a letter to Ginnie Mae offering recommendations on how the agency can improve its upcoming Digital Collateral Guide. Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the New York Department of Financial Services both issued warnings alerting companies to potential cybersecurity risks. And on December 20, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance finalized rules regarding mortgage loan originator temporary authority.

| By MBA NewsLink Staff

Mark P. Dangelo: 2020—Where Are OUR Attack Points?

In this third and final article on 2020 potential challenges, we find ourselves staring into the glassy lake. The answers on what is important reside not with prescriptive solutions offered, but beneath the surface to ensure that what is undertaken aligns with strategy and the ability of innovations to be found.

| By MBA NewsLink Staff

Jay Coomes: Advance Your Efficiency

Smoother internal processes can lead to happier consumers, increased profitability and reduced costs. Somewhere in your internal processes, you also have efficiencies to gain.

| By MBA NewsLink Staff

Clarification

MBA NewsLink provides a clarification to a story that ran last week.

| By Mike Sorohan

The Week Ahead

The past four years have been anything but “normal” in Washington, D.C.–if there’s even such a thing as “normal.” But with an impending impeachment trial hanging over the Senate, things could get even weirder.

| By Mike Sorohan