To the Point With Bob: The 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Is the Bridge from Renting to Homeownership
Read a Letter to the Editor that MBA sent to The Wall Street Journal earlier this month in response to a baffling opinion article that criticized 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, including calling them “predatory” and a “scam.”
KBRA: Self-Storage Outperforms Despite Headwinds
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, reported the self-storage sector has been one of the best-performing property types in commercial mortgage-backed securities, even while facing headwinds in the last two years.
Industry Briefs, Oct. 24, 2025
Industry news from Alpha7x, Plaid, Incenter, Blend Labs, iEmergent, Prudent AI, Cloudvirga, Stewart Valuation Intelligence and STRATMOR Group.






