FHLBank San Francisco is a member-driven cooperative helping local lenders in Arizona, California and Nevada build strong communities, create opportunity and change lives for the better.

Marcus & Millichap, Calabasas, Calif., sold a waterfront development portfolio on Normandy Isle in Miami Beach, Fla. The combined properties sold for $15.8 million.

The key moving forward lies in automating where it is most effective, widening the net in terms of attracting talent and then maximizing that talent by providing them with the right tools and user experience to drive business.

Carlos Sa, founder and CEO of MILOS, Danvers, Mass., has more than 25 years of IT experience and an extensive track record of designing, building and implementing mortgage technologies.

The Notification Rule establishes notice requirements for banking organizations and certain bank service providers when they experience computer-security incidents that rise to the level of notification incidents. Since notification is required before the organization may fully assess the incident, the notification requirement mainly focuses on what is affected. A prudent institution would identify systems and information that trigger the rule in advance.

Traditionally, when this market flip occurs, intense pressure is bestowed upon lender sales and marketing teams. Everyone looks for them to become the ‘rainmakers.’ Pressures are often proportionate to the size of the lender, because few big banks invest in local purchase market referral relationships year-round. There is a fresh new approach to supplement the lender playbook, both at the enterprise and loan officer level.

Mortgage loan officers can no longer rely on bargain rates and that means they need to work harder than ever to best the competition. So how does a loan officer stand out? It’s all about social media.

At this year’s National Advocacy Conference, which takes place April 26-27 in Washington D.C., MBA is coordinating with association partners and members to encourage Congress to cosponsor and support the passage of the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote Online Notarization Act (SECURE Notarization Act) of 2021.