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Volume 25 Issue 64

Friday, April 03, 2026

Redfin Reports Monthly Payments Tick Up for First Time in 6 Months as Mortgage Rates, Home Prices Jump

The median U.S. monthly mortgage payment is now $2,742, up 0.4% year over year—a small increase, but the first in nearly six months, according to a new report from Redfin.

Trepp: CMBS Delinquency Rate Increases

Trepp, New York, announced the commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate increased by 41 basis points to 7.55% in March.

Industry Briefs, April 3, 2026

Industry news from Moder, Palantir, Freedom Mortgage, Dark Matter, Friday Harbor, Calyx Path, Argyle, Vesta, MCT and STRATMOR.

MBA VIDEOS

MBA Now: Previewing MBANAC26 with Plaza Home Mortgage’s Melanie Coulton, CMB, AMP

MBA Now: Previewing MBANAC26 with Plaza Home Mortgage’s Melanie Coulton, CMB, AMP

mPower Moments: The Importance of Resilience and Confidence with LaTasha Waddy

mPower Moments: The Importance of Resilience and Confidence with LaTasha Waddy

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Research Minute

MBA Research Minute

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

California MBA Sounds Alarm Over Lack of Long-Term Fire Assistance Plan
2.6M Homeowners pay $500-Plus in Monthly HOA Fees
Geopolitical Uncertainty Threatens Otherwise Promising Spring Housing Market

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Social Media Compliance, Risk Mitigation and Best Practices, April 9
MBA National Advocacy Conference, April 14-15
Advancing Reverse Mortgages with MISMO: Market Opportunity and Data Mainstreaming, Apr. 21
MBA Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, May 4-7
MBA Education Single-Family and Commercial/Multifamily Core Courses

Single-Tenant Net Lease Cap Rates Compress to 6.80%, Boulder Group Reports

Single-tenant net lease cap rates decreased one basis point to 6.80% in the first quarter, according to The Boulder Group’s latest Net Lease Research Report.

April 02, 2026

Dealmaker: Mesa West Capital Funds $81M for Refinance of Houston Multifamily Community

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Mesa West Capital, Los Angeles, provided $81 million in first mortgage debt to Knightvest Capital for the refinance of Domain Memorial, a townhome rental community in Houston.

April 03, 2026

MBA Premier Member Q&A: Cotality’s Shawn Telford on Collateral-Related Loan Defects

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Last year, Fannie Mae warned lenders about collateral-related loan defects that should have been detected in appraisal reviews. MBA NewsLink interviewed Cotality’s Shawn Telford about the GSE’s concerns and what the industry should do to address them.

April 02, 2026

VantageScore CreditGauge: Average Score Increases to 701 as Lenders Boost New Credit

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Lenders shrugged off macroeconomic headwinds and increased their new credit accounts to top-tier consumers, according to the latest VantageScore CreditGauge report.

April 02, 2026

Broeksmit Addresses Tri-Merge Requirement in Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor

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The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor Wednesday from MBA President and CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, on the subject of letting mortgage lenders underwrite some loans based on a single credit report.

April 02, 2026

Office-to-Apartment Conversions Continue to Gain Traction, RentCafe Reports

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RentCafe, Santa Barbara, Calif., has identified 90,300 apartment units in the process of conversion from offices.

April 02, 2026

First American’s Sam Williamson: Where Homebuyers Are Getting a Spring Lift–and Where Winter Isn’t Over Yet

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While affordability improved from a year ago in all 50 major markets, every market remains below its pre-pandemic position—though some are much closer than others.

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