DENVER–MBA Education recognized 62 individuals who earned the Certified Mortgage Banker designation here at MBA’s 2024 Annual Convention & Expo. Earning one’s CMB is the highest professional honor within the real estate finance industry.
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MBA Annual Show Guide Online
MBA has published an electronic version of the MBA Annual Show Guide.
MBA Education Presents USAA with the 2024 Residential Educator of the Year Award
DENVER–MBA Education, the award-winning division of the Mortgage Bankers Association, awarded the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) with its Residential Educator of the Year Award here at MBA’s 2024 Annual Convention & Expo.
Forgoing Automation is Literally Setting Servicers Up for Disaster–Clarifire CEO Jane Mason
Without process automation, servicers have no hope of delivering the responsiveness, rapid relief options, proactive outreach, and education borrowers need when they need it most.
MBA Annual24: Tuesday’s General Sessions
Here’s your guide to Tuesday’s general sessions at MBA Annual24.
MBA Forecast: Mortgage Originations to Increase 28% to $2.3 Trillion in 2025
DENVER–The Mortgage Bankers Association announced at its 2024 Annual Convention & Expo that total mortgage origination volume is expected to increase to $2.3 trillion in 2025 from the $1.79 trillion expected in 2024.
MBA Annual Show Guide Online
MBA has published an electronic version of the MBA Annual Show Guide.
David H. Stevens Presented Posthumously with the CMB Society’s Rosser Lifetime Achievement Award
DENVER–The Certified Mortgage Banker Society today presented former President and CEO David H. Stevens, CMB, with its E. Michael Rosser, CMB, MBA Education Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was given posthumously at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2024 Annual Convention & Expo.
Laura Escobar Sworn in as 2025 MBA Chair
DENVER–Laura Escobar, President of Lennar Mortgage, was sworn in Sunday as 2025 Chair of the Mortgage Bankers Association during the association’s 2024 Annual Convention & Expo.
Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You: A Conversation with MBA 2025 Chair Laura Escobar
Hanging in Laura Escobar’s office is a comic strip showing several unusually small football players. One tells the other, “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”