The Lede

Chicago Business Journal, Nov. 8, 2016--Wylie, Melissa Like many male-dominated industries, commercial real estate has a pipeline problem.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 8, 2016 The transaction involves 3,508 Fannie Mae loans with an aggregate principal balance of $789 million.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 8, 2016--Garcia, Sam Several conventions, workshops and events related to the home-lending industry take place during just the next few weeks.

HousingWire, Nov. 8, 2016--Swanson, Brena Innovation is the new buzzword for the mortgage industry, replacing TRID, which instigated a less enthusiastic response.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 9, 2016--McKendry, Ian; Sinnock, Bonnie; Finkelstein, Brad Housing was the talk of the campaign two presidential elections ago, but it stayed under the radar in the 2016 race, leaving plenty of room to speculate about President-elect Donald Trump's likely mortgage policy for the next four years.

HousingWire, Nov. 8, 2016--Lane, Ben According to PHH, it is set to begin the exit from the private-label business and intends that process to be substantially complete by first quarter 2018.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 8, 2016--Brown, Eliot Amid a steady drumbeat of layoffs, mergers and bankruptcies in the oil-and-gas sector, Houston landlords are being hammered by vacancies and sagging rents that are plunging the office market into its worst state since the oil bust of the 1980s.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 8, 2016--Collins Brian The California Department of Business Oversight imposed a fine on the Texas lender for violating restrictions on per-diem interest.

American Banker, Nov. 8, 2016--Clozel, Lalita While regulators discuss a potential federal fintech charter, another possible solution for firms trying to avoid multistate licensing already exists: the trust charter.

Chicago Tribune, Nov. 8, 2016--Harney, Kenneth R. Giant mortgage investor Freddie Mac plans to dispense with traditional appraisals on some loan applications for home purchases, replacing them with an alternative valuation system that would be free of charge to both lenders and borrowers.

Bloomberg, Nov. 8, 2016--Dmitrieva, Katia; Hertzberg, Erik Toronto's hot housing market is driving residents to seek more affordable options outside Canada's largest city, pushing demand for new properties to new highs in these outlying towns.

Bloomberg, Nov. 8, 2016--Stohr, Greg U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may divide over the ability of cities to use the Fair Housing Act to sue banks for discriminatory lending practices that contribute to urban blight.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 8, 2016--Arvielo, Patty  President of New American Funding and member of MBA Diversity & Inclusion Committee says lending industry cultural nuances by implementing three changes, retain and recruit a diverse workforce, create opportunities for diverse leadership and be a voice of influence committed to the future.