Overlooking this factor when choosing an eClosing technology service provider could cost you.

The U.S. is generally the largest and most liquid region for commercial real estate deal activity, but Europe surpassed the U.S. for investment in the second quarter, reported Real Capital Analytics, New York.

MBA CREF Associate Director Kelly Hamill interviewed Emily Rasmussen, Managing Director of Business Strategy with Harbor Group Consulting, and George O'Neil III, Managing Director with CW Financial Services LLC, about the insurance market during the coronavirus pandemic.

(One of a continuing series of profiles of participants in the MBA Education Path to Diversity (P2D) Scholarship Program, which enables employees from diverse backgrounds to advance their professional growth and career development.)

JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group, New York named Kevin Davis a Senior Managing Director of the firm’s Americas Hotels & Hospitality Group. He will head the debt capital markets efforts for the Americas business and collaboration between the firm’s Hotels & Hospitality business and JLL’s Capital Markets Group, specifically the loan sales and financing teams.

It’s that time of year again. The annual renewal invoices for your trade association memberships arrive. You think about how you leveraged memberships over the past year but it’s likely that your company could have done more to get the most out of it. Here are a few suggestions on how commercial/multifamily members can effectively leverage Mortgage Bankers Association resources to get the most benefit from your firm’s membership.

MBA continued its advocacy on the GSEs’ recently announced adverse market fee, urging the agencies and their regulator to withdraw the proposal and engage stakeholders on the following: the rationale behind the imposition of the 50 basis point fee; ways to ensure consumer impacts are mitigated; and, the need to respect existing market commitments between lenders and consumers.

LV Lending, Miami, arranged $16 million in financing for two Florida hotel assets.