Steve Ozonian is President and CEO of Williston Financial Group, Portland, Ore.
Category: News and Trends
October Consumer Confidence Edges Down
The Conference Board, New York, said its Consumer Confidence Index decreased marginally in October, the third straight monthly decrease.
Home Price Increase Rate Continues to Slow
Home price gains slowed to an annual rate of 3.2 percent in August, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index.
Today at MBA Annual19
AUSTIN, TEXAS–The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo concludes here at the Austin Convention Center with the Closing Session (9:00 a.m. CT): The Last Word – Ideas and Innovation for 2020 and Beyond.
MBA Urges Senate Passage of FY2020 THUD Appropriations
With the Senate expected to vote today on a key HUD fiscal 2020 appropriations bill, the Mortgage Bankers Association sent a letter to Capitol Hill urging the bill’s passage.
Mortgage Applications Increase in MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications rose slightly from one week earlier even as key interest rates reached a three-month high, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 25.
MBA 2020 Forecast: Purchase Originations to Increase 1.6 Percent to $1.29 Trillion; Refinance Activity Expected to Slow after Strong 2019
AUSTIN, TEXAS–The Mortgage Bankers Association expects purchase originations to increase by 1.6 percent to $1.29 trillion in 2020.
MBA Opens Doors Foundation Announces 2019 Award Winners
AUSTIN, TEXAS–The MBA Opens Doors Foundation announced its 2019 annual awards, which recognize those who have made lasting contributions to advance the Foundation’s mission of providing mortgage and rental assistance grants to parents and guardians caring for critically ill or injured children.
MBA Future Leaders Program Graduates 72 Real Estate Finance Professionals
AUSTIN, TEXAS–The Mortgage Bankers Association recognized 72 mortgage professionals–37 from the residential sector and 35 from the commercial/multifamily sector–in a graduation ceremony for the MBA Future Leaders Program here at the association’s 2019 Annual Convention & Expo.
MORPAC Honors Mike Heagerty, CCMS, with 2019 Schumacher-Bolduc Award
AUSTIN, TEXAS–The Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee (MORPAC) awarded Mike Heagerty, CCMS, Principal & CFO of Newmark Realty Capital, with the 2019 Schumacher-Bolduc Award here at the association’s 2019 Annual Convention and Expo.