“I think federal housing has been underrepresented. I think this room has been underrepresented historically at the federal level.”
–Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, speaking at MBA’s Secondary and Capital Markets Conference
Category: News and Trends
MISMO Publishes New Tool to Simplify Standards Adoption
MISMO®, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, today announced the publication of Unique IDs that can be leveraged to streamline impact analysis and to accelerate implementation efforts.
MBA Chair Laura Escobar: During These Times, ‘MBA Is Hardly a Bystander’
NEW YORK–Mortgage Bankers Association Chair Laura Escobar, President of Lennar Mortgage, took to the stage during MBA’s Secondary and Capital Markets Conferences, highlighting what a difference just a year makes in the political and economic environment.
MBA Applauds House Passage of VA Partial Claims Bill
MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement on the passage of the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act (H.R. 1815) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
21 Mortgage Servicers Earn CCMS Designation at MBA CMST Conference
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.–Twenty-one mortgage servicers earned their Commercial Certified Mortgage Servicer designations here at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference.
MBA Premier Member Editorial: The AI Imperative–Reshaping Mortgage Banking for Efficiency and Growth
As lenders grapple with retaining top talent and optimizing technology stacks that often feel costly and underperforming, simply trimming expenses isn’t enough. This is where AI steps in, writes Sei AI Co-Founder & CEO Pranay Shetty.
Soft Spring Selling Season Takes a Toll on Builder Confidence
Builder confidence has fallen sharply on growing uncertainties stemming from elevated interest rates, building material cost uncertainty and the cloudy economic outlook, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
IMBs Report Slight Production Losses in First Quarter
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a pre-tax net loss of $28 on each loan they originated in the first quarter, compared to a net loss of $40 per loan in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to MBA’s Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report.
An MSR Update from MIAC Analytics
For years, conventional wisdom has assumed that “normal” turnover implies a minimum lifetime Conditional Prepayment Rate of 6%. MIAC Analytics Managing Director of MSR Valuations Mike Carnes challenges those assumptions.
Kaitlin Hildner Joins MBA as Associate Vice President of Loan Administration Policy
The Mortgage Bankers Association announced that Kaitlin Hildner has joined the association as Associate Vice President of Loan Administration Policy.