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Volume 22 Issue 170

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

MBA Weekly Survey Sept. 6: Mortgage Applications Decrease

Mortgage applications decreased 2.9 percent from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Sept. 1, 2023.

MISMO Seeks Public Comment on ESG Reference Material

MISMO, the real estate finance industry's standards organization, today announced that it is seeking public comment on the new Defining the E and S Reference Guide and the related Data Implementation Considerations Guide.

Dealmaker: Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Sale, $97.7M Acquisition Financing Provided by Greystone

Cushman & Wakefield, Chicago, arranged the sale of a multifamily property in Wayne, N.J., a New York-area suburb.

MBA VIDEOS

mPower Moments: On Combating Self-Limiting Behaviors with EscrowTab’s Amy Moses

mPower Moments: On Combating Self-Limiting Behaviors with EscrowTab’s Amy Moses

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Research Minute

MBA Research Minute

Learn How to Access Your MBA Education Courses

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

Rent Control Laws on the National Level? Biden Administration Offers a Not-So-Subtle Push
Servicing Earnings Jump in Second Quarter
Short U.S. Housing Correction Likely Over; Tight Supply to Keep Prices High: Reuters Poll
Today’s Housing Market: More Mortgages, Higher Prices, Fewer Delinquencies
HUD Allocates $24 Million For Fair Housing Initiatives
Finally, Government Works
Homebuilder Stocks Fall as Pultegroup, Lennar, D.R. Horton Drop
What’s Worse Than Record High Rent? Record High Rent, Plus Fees.
Single-Family Rental Firm Taps Former Morgan Stanley Executive as President

MBA NEWS

Sept. 12: Optimizing Technology in the Origination Process
MBA Compliance and Risk Management Conference in DC Sept. 10-12
Artificial Intelligence – Promise and Peril for Mortgage Lending: Sept. 21-22 in Washington, D.C.
Make Your Voice Heard Through MBA Mortgage Action Alliance

Quote: Sept. 6, 2023

“Mortgage applications declined to the lowest level since December 1996, despite a drop in mortgage rates." --Joel Kan, MBA’s Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist

MBA Chart of the Week: Multifamily Borrowing and Lending, 2022

With more than $4.5 trillion of mortgage debt outstanding, commercial real estate finance markets are large and diverse.

September 05, 2023

George Rogers Joins MBA as Vice President of Legislative Affairs

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The Mortgage Bankers Association announced that George Rogers has joined the association as Vice President of Legislative Affairs.

September 05, 2023

MBA Premier Member Profile: Accenture Credit Services

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(One in a continuing series of profiles of Premier Members of the Mortgage Bankers Association)

September 05, 2023

CampusDoor’s Sara Parrish: Why the Resumption of Student Loan Payments Matters to Mortgage Lenders

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Should the end of the pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments matter to mortgage lenders? Sara Parrish, President of Incenter company CampusDoor, says “Absolutely yes” in an interview with MBA Newslink.

September 05, 2023

Recent Loan Originator Compensation Enforcement and Supervisory Activity Webinar Sept. 7

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The CFPB recently published its Summer 2023 Supervisory Highlights and there are potential significant changes to how the LO Comp rule is interpreted. Join MBA and industry experts as we walk through the current understanding of the LO Comp guidance and what it means for your policies and procedures.

September 05, 2023

First American’s Paul Hurst: Assessing Real Estate Innovation in a Rising Mortgage Rate Era

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Paul Hurst, Chief Innovation Officer with First American, Santa Ana, Calif., shared his thoughts on proptech funding and the state of innovation in the real estate economy.

September 05, 2023

MBA Advocacy Update Sept. 5: Banking Regulators Propose Long-Term Debt Requirements for Large Banks

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This week’s top legislative and policy news from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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