Speaking proposals for breakout sessions are now being accepted for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo 2022, taking place October 23-26 at Music City Center in Nashville.
Category: News and Trends

Summit LLC Podcast Features MISMO’s Seth Appleton on Ginnie Mae, Securitization, Digital Mortgages
The latest Summit LLC Podcast, Complexity Simplified, features MISMO President Seth Appleton and Summit Director Josh Goldberg in a wide-ranging discussion on Ginnie Mae, securitization and issues relevant to the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Council.

NOAA Sees Above-Normal Hurricane Season
Okay, all you holders of residential and commercial real estate along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico: brace yourself for another potential summer of sandbags and insurance claims.

MBA Advocacy Update May 31 2022
On Wednesday, the Senate voted 49-46 to confirm Sandra Thompson as the Director of FHFA. On Tuesday, MBA sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, highlighting MBA’s views on the real estate finance industry’s priorities within the T-HUD appropriations bills for FY 2023.

Commercial Real Estate Price Growth Rate Slips
U.S. commercial property price growth ebbed again in April, the third consecutive month of decelerating price gains, reported Real Capital Analytics, New York.

8 of 10 Largest U.S. Cities Lose Population; Sun Belt Grows
Sun Belt cities have benefited from U.S. population shifts over the past several decades, the Census Bureau reported this month; new data show the top 15 fastest-growing U.S. cities are entirely in the South and West.

Dealmaker: Madison Realty Capital Originates $113M For Multifamily, Mixed-Use
Madison Realty Capital, New York, originated $113 million for multifamily and mixed-use assets in Nashville and New York.

MBA: 1Q Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Delinquency Rates Drop
Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies declined in the first quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Tuesday in its Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report.

MBA CONVERGENCE Partner Profile: Dan Ticona of Freddie Mac
Dan Ticona leads the Housing Solutions team within the Single-Family Client and Community Engagement division at Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., focused on developing innovative solutions to reduce barriers to homeownership.

MBA Chart of the Week May 27, 2022: IMB Production Revenues and Costs
MBA last week released its latest Quarterly Performance Report for the first quarter. In this week’s Chart of the Week, we show production revenues compared to production expenses from first quarter 2018 to first quarter 2022.