The Mortgage Bankers Association announced its Tech All-Star Awards to five visionary leaders in the mortgage technology industry.
Category: News and Trends
MBA Launches COVID-19 Members-Only Online Network
The Mortgage Bankers Association launched a new members-only online network, MBA’s COVID-19 Residential Policy Community.
MBA 2020 Tech All-Star Julie Felts: Driving Force Behind Amrock’s eClosing Domination
Like many homebuyers, Julie Felts and her husband did not have a positive experience at the closing table. With mounds of paperwork and a seller in tears sitting just across from them, the close was nightmarishly long, inconvenient, stressful and emotionally draining. “I just remember thinking there should be a better way to do this; we shouldn’t have to be in the same place at the same time,” she says.
MBA Raises Concerns with SEC on Broker-Dealer Margin Call Volatility
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a letter Sunday to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, raised “urgent concern” about dramatic price volatility in the market for agency mortgage-backed securities over the past week that leading to broker-dealer margin calls on mortgage lenders’ hedge positions that are unsustainable for many such lenders.
Crapo Urges Treasury, Fed for Quick Guidance on Title IV of CARES Act
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho urged the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to act quickly to provide guidance on Title IV of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was signed into law Friday.
Ginnie Mae, FHA Update Servicer Policies in Coronavirus Wake
Ginnie Mae and FHA on Friday issued updates addressing mortgage servicer liquidity issues that could result from the coronavirus pandemic.
MBA Advocacy Update
MBA remains active on efforts regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In this week’s communication, you will find several updates pertaining to industry efforts to provide relief to both our members and their customers.
House Approves $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill
The House on Friday afternoon approved a massive $2 trillion stimulus bill aimed at injecting a much-needed boost to a U.S. economy that has been staggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
House Approves $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill; Trump Signs into Law
The House on Friday approved a massive $2 trillion stimulus bill aimed at injecting a much-needed boost to a U.S. economy that has been staggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
MBA Chart of the Week: Unemployment Insurance–Initial Claims
Last week provided our first indication of just how severe the shutdown of the U.S. economy could be, as Americans combat the ongoing spread of the coronavirus.