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Volume 25 Issue 43

Thursday, March 05, 2026

Survey: Two-Thirds of Recent Buyers Have Regrets

Best Interest Financial, West Bloomfield, Mich., and Clever Real Estate, St. Louis, released a new survey finding that recent home buyers have experienced stress during the process, with 66% saying they have regrets about their homebuying process.

VantageScore CreditGauge: Mortgage Delinquencies Increase as Early-Stage Credit Stress Broadens

Mortgage delinquencies increased across all stages, according to the latest CreditGauge report from VantageScore.

Trepp: CMBS Delinquency Rate Falls in February

Trepp, New York, released its latest CMBS delinquency rate report, finding that it decreased 33 basis points to 7.14%.

MBA VIDEOS

MBA Asks the Expert: Volly’s Katharine Loveland on Today’s Marketing Environment for Lenders (sponsored)

MBA Asks the Expert: Volly’s Katharine Loveland on Today’s Marketing Environment for Lenders (sponsored)

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

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

MBA Now: Northmarq’s Jeff Weidell Previews #MBANAC26

MBA Now: Northmarq’s Jeff Weidell Previews #MBANAC26

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

Relocating Buyers Continue to Dominate Home Shopping: Report
America Has a Housing Affordability Crisis. Building Houses for Rent Can Help
Real Estate Investors Turn Away From Florida
Refi Activity Soars at VA, FHA in Fourth Quarter

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Essentials for Executives and Board Members Module II: The Mortgage Landscape, Mar. 6
AI Mortgage Change Champion Workshop: Charlotte, N.C. April 9
MBA Secondary & Capital Markets Conference, May 17-20

Data Center Market Set Records Across Indicators in 2025, CBRE Reports

The North American data center sector set records across nearly every major indicator in 2025, reflecting a surge in leasing activity and unprecedented take up of newly built facilities, according to CBRE, Dallas.

March 04, 2026

Housing Supply Gap Surpasses 4 Million Homes, Realtor.com Finds

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The U.S. housing supply gap widened to an estimated 4.03 million homes last year, increasing from 3.8 million in 2024, according to the 2026 Housing Supply Gap Report from Realtor.com.

March 06, 2026

Premier Member Editorial: APIs Are Reshaping Insurance Tracking

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Real-time API connectivity is transforming insurance tracking, reducing errors and improving compliance for mortgage servicers, writes Kurt Leverson of National General Lender Services.

March 04, 2026

Join MBA’s Committees and Councils

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Share your unique perspective and lend your voice to the collective power of the mortgage banking community by serving on an MBA committee, council or working group.

March 05, 2026

Content Intelligence: The New Power Center of Mortgage Manufacturing

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Our industry has come up with plenty of applications for AI, but they can still go a step further toward what the future of AI in mortgage actually looks like. That future is Content Intelligence.

March 04, 2026

Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

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Mortgage applications increased 11% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Feb. 27, 2026.

March 04, 2026

MBA NewsLink Roundtable: Discussing Data Centers, Demand and Deal Structures With KBRA

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MBA NewsLink recently convened a roundtable discussion with KBRA Managing Directors Fred Perreten, Alan Greenblatt and Adeeti Amin to examine how data center issuance has evolved in recent years.

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