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Day 1 Coverage of MBA CREF/CMST Virtual Convention
Mortgage Bankers Association President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, opened the MBA CREF21 Convention & Expo by recapping the “unprecedented challenges” the real estate finance industry faced over the past year and a look at the uncharted waters ahead.
Mortgage Bankers Association Chair Susan Stewart said regardless of industry focus—residential or commercial—real estate finance comes down to three values that unite the industry.
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The Mortgage Bankers Association and more than a dozen industry trade groups sent a letter to leaders in Congress this week, urging them to include housing priorities in the next round of economic stimulus.
With record-low housing inventories and sharply increasing home prices, what else could happen? How about record-low contract periods, according to both Redfin, Seattle, and Zillow, Seattle.
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., released its fourth-quarter U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which noted an increase to 17.8 million residential properties in the United States considered equity-rich—the combined estimated amount of loans secured by those properties was 50 percent or less of their estimated market value.
Ahead of this Friday’s employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and this morning’s initial claims report from the Labor Department, ADP, Roseland, N.J., said private-sector employment increased by 174,000 jobs from December to January.
The Mortgage Bankers Association awarded Byron Boston, CEO, President and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Dynex Capital Inc., Glen Allen, Va., with the 2021 Commercial Real Estate Finance Distinguished Service Award at its MBA LIVE CREF21: Lending, Investing, Servicing and Technology Convention & Expo.
The Mortgage Bankers Association recently hired mortgage industry veteran Charmaine Brown to fill its newly created position of Director of Diversity and Inclusion. MBA NewsLink spoke with Brown about her goals and objectives with MBA.
Historically a cyclical business, mortgage lending has experienced substantial increases in volume, forcing lenders to throttle up their efforts, but those without an intelligent Loan Manufacturing (iLM) plan have been left with more challenges.
The Mortgage Bankers Association is accepting nominations for the MBA NewsLink 2020 Tech All-Star Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, Feb. 5
NorthMarq, Minneapolis, closed $72 million for two multifamily properties in California and Massachusetts.
We take a closer look at decision intelligence and why mortgage executives are prioritizing this new concept in their business operations.
Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Operating Officer Marcia Davies has been named at "10 Best COOs of 2020” by Industry Era magazine.
MBA's Andrew Foster recently spoke with Ryan Severino and Michael Huth of JLL on the outlook for commercial real estate and in particular, the hotel/lodging sector in a post-coronavirus environment.
