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Category: News and Trends
New MBA Webinar Series Explores How to Leverage Rental Payment History Into the Underwriting Process
In April, MBA published Leveraging Rental Payment History to Approve More First-Time Homebuyers, which focuses on increasing lender adoption of rental payment history. Now, MBA encourages members to join a discussion about the benefits of incorporating rental payment history into the underwriting process via a series of webinars.
Hodes Weill, Cornell University: Institutional Target Allocations to Real Estate Decline
Institutional investors decreased their target allocations to real estate by 10 basis points in 2025 to 10.7%–the first decline in more than a decade–a new report from Hodes Weill & Assocs. and Cornell University found.
Mortgage Customer Satisfaction Surges, J.D. Power Reports
J.D. Power, Troy, Mich., says mortgage lenders are adopting a more consultative, advisory-style engagement with customers, “[and] that shift is paying off in the form of significantly higher customer satisfaction scores, improved trust and increased levels of brand loyalty.”
Industry Briefs, Nov. 14, 2025
Industry news from Mortgage Cadence, MeridianLink, FICO, NewDay USA, Arrive Home and Enact Mortgage Insurance.
Dealmaker: Eastern Union Arranges $34M in Financing Toward Brooklyn Medical Office Acquisition
Eastern Union, Howell, N.J., secured a $33.84 million loan to help finance the purchase of a medical office building in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 0.6% from one week earlier, according to MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Nov. 7, 2025.
Financial Trades Welcome Bipartisan Agreement to End Shutdown
On Monday, the American Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, Association of Military Banks of America, Consumer Bankers Association, Defense Credit Union Council, Financial Services Forum, Mortgage Bankers Association and National Bankers Association jointly issued a statement.
5 Key MISMO Initiatives Impacting Today’s Lenders, Nov. 13
Register for this Dec. 3 webinar to learn about the important work MISMO is doing and how you can get engaged.
Q&A: Spectrum Solutions’ Talia Ramirez on the Hidden Costs of Delayed Property Preservation
MBA NewsLink recently sat down with Talia Ramirez to discuss the impact of delayed preservation, the KPIs that matter most and how technology can reshape outcomes for servicers, investors and neighborhoods alike.