Category: News and Trends

ATTOM: Foreclosure Activity Up in Third Quarter

ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., showed a jump in foreclosures in its Q3 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. At 124,539 properties with foreclosure filings, they’re up 28% from Q2 and 34% from last year.

| By Anneliese Mahoney

HFA1 Affordable Homeownership Lender Toolkit Gets Update

The National Council of State Housing Agencies updated the HFA1 Affordable Homeownership Lender Toolkit. MBA collaborated with NCSHA and state housing finance agencies over the course of two years with the goal of standardizing specific aspects of down payment assistance to deliver solutions to help more lower-income families become homeowners.

| By Michael Tucker

ATTOM: Foreclosure Activity Up in Third Quarter

ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., showed a jump in foreclosures in its Q3 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. At 124,539 properties with foreclosure filings, they’re up 28% from Q2 and 34% from last year.

| By Anneliese Mahoney

ConcertMBA Presents: Tim McGraw

Fresh off his announcement that Tim McGraw is headlining his 2024 “Standing Room Only Tour,” the three-time Grammy Award-winning star will take the Concert MBA stage at MBA’s Annual Convention & Expo (MBA Annual23) in Philadelphia on Tuesday, October 17.

| By MBA NewsLink Staff

Mark Jones: Ready to Dive In

Mortgage Bankers Association 2024 Chairman Mark Jones co-founded and led Amerifirst Home Mortgage, served on MBA’s Board of Directors, chaired its Audit and Finance Committee, co-chaired its Independent Mortgage Bankers Executive Council, and testified before Congress. But before this, he was a Division I competitive diver in college.

| By Michael Tucker