MISMO announced a new interactive workshop, Mortgage Ready: Exploring How MISMO Standards Could Transform Financial Guidance into Homeownership. Sponsored by VantageScore and nCino, the workshop will be held during the MISMO Spring Summit.
Category: News and Trends
Zillow: Jacksonville Best Spot for First-Time Buyers
Zillow, Seattle, analyzed the best markets for first-time buyers among the nation’s 50 largest metros, finding that Jacksonville, Fla., topped the list.
MBA Secondary & Capital Markets Conference, May 17-20
The issues shaping secondary and capital markets are evolving fast—and they’re all on the agenda at MBA’s Secondary & Capital Markets Conference, May 17-20 at the New York Marriott Marquis …
CBRE: Investors Intend to Buy, Sell More CRE Assets in 2026 Than Last Year
CBRE, Dallas, reported that investors from around the world plan to buy and sell more commercial real estate assets this year than last year.
Chart of the Week: Share of Total Cumulative Expenditures in the HAF Allocations
While pandemic‑era mortgage forbearance policies have received significant attention—and are now a permanent part of the loss‑mitigation waterfall for homeowners with federally backed mortgages—the Homeowner Assistance Fund program has been less well understood.
School of Mortgage Banking I in New Orleans, April 20-23
MBA Education’s School of Mortgage Banking I emphasizes the interrelated roles of the functions within a residential mortgage banking firm and the relationships of the various institutions and agencies throughout the real estate finance industry.
Access to Connections: Mastering the Modern Conference Scene, April 22
Join Matthew Gallant, MBA’s Director of Member Relations, for a strategy session on how the top networkers in our industry turn conferences into high value connection engines.
ALTA Study Highlights Complexity of Title Production
The American Land Title Association, Washington, D.C., released a new survey of title professionals finding that more than 80% of real estate purchase transactions require reviewing at least 11 documents.
Advocacy Update: White House FY27 Budget; CFPB Updates; more
This week’s top legislative and policy news from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
MBA Premier Member Q&A: Cotality’s Shawn Telford on Collateral-Related Loan Defects
Last year, Fannie Mae warned lenders about collateral-related loan defects that should have been detected in appraisal reviews. MBA NewsLink interviewed Cotality’s Shawn Telford about the GSE’s concerns and what the industry should do to address them.