Volume 25 Issue 149

Thursday, August 06, 2026

MBA: Commercial/Multifamily Borrowing Increased 16% in the Second Quarter

Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 16% higher in the second quarter of 2026 compared to a year earlier, and increased 12% from the first quarter of 2026, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.

Trepp: CMBS Delinquency Rate Up 51 Basis Points in July

Trepp, New York, reported the commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate increased 51 basis points to 7.86% in July. One year ago, the overall U.S. CMBS delinquency rate was 7.23%.

Why You Should Participate in MBA’s CREF Councils and Committees

MBA needs your expertise to drive the industry’s response to the challenges facing your business. We offer many opportunities to participate in our CREF Councils and Committees--formulating policy, developing content for conferences and programs, connecting with colleagues and furthering the real estate finance industry.

Northwestern Mutual: Young Americans Delaying Homeownership

Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, Wis., released its 2026 Planning and Progress Study, finding that 24% of millennials and 31% of Gen Z report that they are putting off buying a home due to financial pressures.

MBA VIDEOS

mPower Moments: On Building a Career Through Passion with MMLA’s Joanne Misuraca

MBA Now: Marina Walsh on MBA's Sept. 1 HELOC and Home Equity Workshop

MBA Research Minute

MBA Eye on Washington

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

Housing Market Spotlight: What the National Median Price Isn’t Telling You
Older Homeowners Face a ‘Seniority Tax’ on Mortgage Refinancing
Why Term Premiums on U.S. Treasurys Have Been Rising

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Sept. 1: MBA HELOC and Home Equity Lending Workshop
Expanding Production Through Construction and Renovation Lending, Sept. 16
Upcoming MBA Education Webinars

Accelerating Originations With Income and Employment Data (Sponsored by Equifax)

Discover how front-loading the mortgage lifecycle with automated income and employment verifications helps reduce costs and empower lenders with early debt-to-income (DTI) confidence.

Mortgage Affordability Doesn’t End at Closing (Sponsored by Truework, a Checkr company)

Truework's Randy Lightbody examines why refinance-dependent buyers challenge the mortgage industry's traditional understanding of affordability.

August 07, 2026

Rethink Process Improvement Before You Automate

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Mary Kay Scully says process improvement efforts begin with good intentions but can become disconnected from the people actually performing the work. “The result is often a collection of flowcharts and documentation that never really changes how an organization operates.”

August 07, 2026

Older, Wiser, Wealthier and Still at Home: Meet America’s Shadow Homeowners

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First American Senior Economist Sam Williamson says some of tomorrow's homeowners are already here. "They just haven't moved out yet."

August 06, 2026

What GSE Reporting Changes Mean for Servicers

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ICE's Matt Dowd says the mortgage servicing industry is in the early stages of a compliance transformation that will touch nearly all operational systems servicers rely on, "and the window for comfortable preparation is closing."

August 05, 2026

Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

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Mortgage applications decreased 2.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 31, 2026.

August 05, 2026

CBRE: Commercial Real Estate Lending Fundamentals Remain Strong

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Commercial real estate lending maintained momentum in the second quarter, with the number and average size of loans increasing while spreads and loan-to-value ratios tightened, according to CBRE, Dallas.

August 05, 2026

MBA Education Updates Single-Family Appraisals Training

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MBA Education has updated its Introduction to Single-Family Appraisals series to align with the new Universal Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) and Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD 3.6), one of the most significant appraisal changes in years.

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