MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, issued the following statement regarding response to the ongoing spread and impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19):
Category: News and Trends
Faith Schwartz, Christy Moss, CMB: What Happens When COVID-19 Starts Affecting Mortgage Payments?
COVID-19’s economic impacts are only beginning to be felt in the United States, and already it’s been a wild ride.
MBA, Trade Groups Cite Strong Concerns with PACE Programs
The Mortgage Bankers Association and nearly a dozen industry trade groups told Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria that Property Assessed Clean Energy programs—known as PACE programs—pose safety and soundness issues for the real estate finance industry.
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Sagent Lending Technologies, King of Prussia, Pa., appointed Dan Sogorka CEO and president, replacing Bret Leech who will become executive chairman and board member.
The Latest on LIBOR Transition with MBA’s Andrew Foster, Dan Fichtler
MBA NewsLink interviewed Mortgage Bankers Association Associate Vice President of Housing Finance Policy Dan Fichtler and Associate Vice President of Commercial/Multifamily Andrew Foster about the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate to a successor index for floating-rate loans.
MBA: February New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Up 26% From Year Ago
Despite falling by 1 percent from January, mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by nearly 26 percent from a year ago, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning.
MBA, Trade Groups Cite Strong Concerns with PACE Programs
The Mortgage Bankers Association and nearly a dozen industry trade groups told Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria that Property Assessed Clean Energy programs—known as PACE programs—pose safety and soundness issues for the real estate finance industry.
MBA Offers OMB Recommendations on Improving Regulatory Enforcement, Adjudication
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a March 16 letter to the Office of Management and Budget, offered a series of recommendations and best practices as it considers changes to its regulatory enforcement proceedings and administrative adjudications.
Faith Schwartz, Christy Moss, CMB: What Happens When COVID-19 Starts Affecting Mortgage Payments?
COVID-19’s economic impacts are only beginning to be felt in the United States, and already it’s been a wild ride.
MBA Cancels National Advocacy Conference, State & Local Workshop
Amid continued concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday canceled its upcoming National Advocacy Conference (Apr. 21-22) and State & Local Workshop (Apr. 20-21).