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Advancing Reverse Mortgages with MISMO: Market Opportunity and Data Mainstreaming, Apr. 21
Click here for more information. About the EventThis webinar will provide a strategic overview of the reverse mortgage market opportunity, and how reverse mortgage products can help customers strengthen their …
MBA Weighs in on CFPB’s Draft Strategic Plan for 2026-2030
MBA submitted a letter to the CFPB Friday in response to the Bureau’s draft Strategic Plan for 2026-2030.
Meet mPact Leadership
mPact has a great team of industry professionals on our mPact Leadership Committees. We are thankful for their leadership and participation. Click here to meet them.
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.
Single-Family Rent Growth Downshifts, Cotality Reports
Single-family rent prices increased 1.1% on a year-over-year basis in February, according to Cotality, Irvine, Calif.
MBA Advocacy Update: MBANAC26, State and Local Workshop Recaps; GSE AI Updates; HFSC Subcommittee Hearing on Credit Access
This week’s top legislative and policy news from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
MBA: IMBs Post Improved Net Production Profits in 2025
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported an average profit of $785 on each loan they originated in 2025, up from an average of $443 per loan in 2024.
Builder Sentiment Declines on Economic Uncertainty
Economic uncertainty coupled with rising building material costs and interest rates resulted in a sharp decline in builder sentiment in April, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index reported.
Pew Research Finds More Data Centers Coming to Rural Areas
In a shift from the past, most planned data centers in the U.S. are in rural areas, new research from the Pew Research Center found.