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Volume 25 Issue 50

Monday, March 16, 2026

MBA Statement on President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on Housing

MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s executive orders on housing, released Friday.

Ncontracts: AI Vendor Risk Ties Cybersecurity as Top Concern for Financial Institutions

For the first time, financial institutions rank Artificial Intelligence risk on par with cybersecurity as their top third-party concern, according to Ncontracts, Nashville, Tenn.

Advocacy Update: President Trump Issues Executive Orders on Mortgages, Housing Construction; MBA’s Concerns with Senate-passed Housing Package; More

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

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

MBA Research Minute: What's Happening in the Housing Market

MBA Research Minute: What's Happening in the Housing Market

MBA Now: David Upbin on Mortgage Banking Bound's Launch at Louisiana State University

MBA Now: David Upbin on Mortgage Banking Bound's Launch at Louisiana State University

mPower Moments: Leading Through Digital Disruption with Dr. Tracey Wilen

mPower Moments: Leading Through Digital Disruption with Dr. Tracey Wilen

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

Watch: How Mortgage Professionals Can Grow Their Network and Influence in 2026: Laura Hopkins on mPower and MBA
Mortgage Trade Groups Urge VA to Revise Elements of Proposed Partial Claim Rules
31% of California Mortgages in 2025 Used an Adjustable Rate
Bucking Stigma, More Places Turn to Factory-Built for Affordable Housing

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Data & System Privacy in an AI World, April 2
Essentials for Executives and Board Members Module III: The Secondary Mortgage Market, March 27
School of Mortgage Banking II Online Starts June 1

People in the News, March 16, 2026

Industry personnel news from Covius, Informative Research, Snapdocs and ALTA.

March 17, 2026

Shorter Terms, Smarter Deals: The New Playbook for Multifamily Capital Markets

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Lument's Tyler Griffin says shorter loan terms don’t signal weakness; they reflect a disciplined approach to a recalibrated market.

March 16, 2026

Chart of the Week: New Residential Construction

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In 2025, single-family housing starts began at a relatively strong pace but gradually slowed over the year, bringing the average for 2025 to 943,000 units compared to 1.02 million in 2024.

March 13, 2026

Altus: Commercial Real Estate Transaction Activity Increases in Q4

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Altus, Toronto, released its quarterly report on U.S. commercial real estate investment and transactions, finding that through Q4, 46,395 properties transacted. That’s up 3.9% quarter-over-quarter and 2.2% year-over-year.

March 16, 2026

Alchemist Solutions’ Alok Datta on Why the Industry Has Become More Skeptical About AI

MBA NewsLink recently sat down with Alchemist Solutions’ Alok Datta to discuss how mortgage lenders and servicers have become more skeptical about AI solutions in the mortgage industry, and why he says that’s not a bad thing.

March 13, 2026

MCT: Lock Volume Up 28% in February

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Mortgage Capital Trading, San Diego, released its latest MCT Lock Volume Indices, finding that lock volume increased 28% month-over-month.

March 13, 2026

MBA Statement on the Senate Passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

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MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement after the Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

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