Volume 25 Issue 114

Monday, June 15, 2026

MBA Advocacy Update: Jeff Weidell, CMB, Nominated to Be 2027 MBA Vice Chairman; CFPB Director Nomination; MBA and MISMO Initiatives on AI

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

Chart of the Week: Homeownership by Country

With the World Cup underway and pundits ranking national football (soccer) teams, it is useful to adopt a similar comparative lens to examine homeownership rates across countries—assessing how the U.S. compares and identifying some of the factors underlying cross-country variation.

Altus Group: Multifamily Leads Single-Property Transactions

Altus Group, Toronto, released its Q1 CRE Investment and Transactions Quarterly Report, finding that multifamily led all sectors by share of single-property transaction value (29.2%) and by share of properties tracked (29.6%).

Foreclosure Filings Fall Monthly, Gain Annually, ATTOM Finds

ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., released its latest U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, finding that there were 40,355 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in the month. That’s down 5% from a month ago, but up 14% from May 2025.

MBA VIDEOS

MBANow: MBA’s Amber Lawrence on the new Path to Opportunity Scholarship

MBANow: Wendy Penn on MBA's June 30 Community Reinvestment Act Lending Workshop

MBA Research Minute

mPower Moments: On Building Confidence with CBRE’s Chelsea Cutler

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

What Are the Most Asked Questions From First-Time Homebuyers?
Fannie Mae Lowers Origination Forecasts Through 2027
Top City Programs for Office-to-Residential Conversions

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Access to Experience: Leveraging Education to Build Stronger Leaders and Teams, June 16
MBA Condominium Lending Summit, June 16
Introducing the BPM+ MISMO Reference Model, June 18
MBA Education Updates Single-Family Appraisals Training

AI Agents Are Redefining Mortgage Origination (sponsored by Blend)

Blend's new Intelligent Lending Playbook shows how AI agents cut document review to seconds while strengthening compliance and borrower relationships.

A Big Tent That Feels Like Home: Tamara King on How MBA’s Committees, Councils Increase Member Engagement

MBA Vice President Tamara King, CAE, recently wrote an article for The Center for Association Leadership about how MBA makes its members feel seen in a “big tent” trade association that represents nearly 2,000 member firms that sometimes have differing business priorities.

June 12, 2026

MBA Releases New White Paper on AI Framework, Best Practices

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The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new white paper titled “Examining AI-Powered Mortgage Through the Lens of Federal Law,” prepared by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

June 12, 2026

MISMO Releases FRAME: Framework for AI Governance in Mortgage Lending

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MISMO launched the MISMO Framework for Responsible AI in the Mortgage Ecosystem (FRAME), an AI governance toolkit designed to help mortgage companies of all sizes establish policies, procedures, controls and oversight for the responsible use of AI.

June 15, 2026

MBA NewsLink Premier Member Spotlight: nCino

One in a series of profiles of Premier Members of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

June 15, 2026

CoStar, Tourism Economics Raise Hotel Growth Forecast

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Hotel sector analysts CoStar and Tourism Economics significantly improved their hotel forecast for 2026 and 2027.

June 12, 2026

MBA Premier Member Editorial: A Framework for Evaluating the Next Generation of Mortgage POS Platforms

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Floify’s Sydney Barber says AI-first promises are reshaping vendor pitches. “Here’s how mortgage executives can separate operational substance from product theater.”

June 12, 2026

Industry Briefs, June 15, 2026

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Industry news from ICE, Achieve, AD Mortgage, LoanCare, Finastra, Click n' Close, Class Valuation, Makena, Newfi Lending, Prudent AI, Friday Harbor, MeridianLink, ATTOM and STRATMOR Group.

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