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Volume 25 Issue 31

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Are Data Centers a Bubble? What About AI?

SAN DIEGO--Those were questions that multiple panelists attempted to parse Feb. 10 at the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.

Advocacy Update: Broeksmit Testifies on the Secondary Mortgage Market; House Passes Bipartisan Housing Package; MBA Warns Against VA Funding Fee Increases

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

MBA Statement on Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman’s Speech on Forthcoming Proposals to Revitalize Mortgage Lending

MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement on Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman's speech titled, “Revitalizing Bank Mortgage Lending, One Step with Basel,” in Orlando, Fla.

MBA VIDEOS

Jamie Woodwell on MBA’s Refreshed Commercial, Multifamily Online Resources

Jamie Woodwell on MBA’s Refreshed Commercial, Multifamily Online Resources

MBA's Bob Broeksmit on the Importance of Investing in MISMO

MBA's Bob Broeksmit on the Importance of Investing in MISMO

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Research Minute

MBA Research Minute

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

AI Voice Agents Stir TCPA Compliance Debate
Singles Facing Significantly Greater Housing Cost Burden Than Married Couples
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Add New Rate Buydown Disclosures
AI Jitters Spread to Commercial Real Estate

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Perks Marketplace: An Exclusive Benefit for MBA Members
School of Mortgage Servicing Online Starts March 9
MISMO Boot Camp Online, Feb. 23-24

Industry Briefs, Feb. 17, 2026

Industry news from ICE, WFG, Outamation, Mortgage Bankers Association, The Mortgage Collaborative, Planet Insurance Agency and Goosehead Insurance.

February 17, 2026

The Art of Asking

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Mary Kay Scully, director of customer education at Enact, examines how lenders turn a great experience into more business.

February 17, 2026

Chart of the Week: Mortgage Delinquency Rate by Loan Type

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According to MBA’s National Delinquency Survey, mortgage delinquencies increased across all three major loan types--Conventional, FHA, and VA--in the last three months of the year.

February 13, 2026

mPower Panel Talks Leadership Lessons

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SAN DIEGO–Five women in the industry took to the main stage at the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo Feb. 10 to participate in a wide-ranging mPower panel discussion on leadership.

February 17, 2026

Honoring Former MBA Chairman Herbert B. Tasker, CMB

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Former MBA Chairman Herbert B. Tasker, CMB, passed away on January 30, 2026. The Mortgage Bankers Association and his many friends and colleagues remember him fondly.

February 17, 2026

Reinventing the Mortgage Data Core: Why Agentic AI Will Stall Without a Data Foundry

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Longtime MBA NewsLink contributor Mark Dangelo argues that the next era of mortgage competitiveness will be determined by whether institutions reinvent their data core through a data foundry model.

February 13, 2026

MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Increase in the Fourth Quarter

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The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.26% of all loans outstanding at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, according to MBA’s National Delinquency Survey.

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