What’s Next in Washington? Industry Leaders Weigh In

DALLAS–“From HUD to CFPB to the chairs of key committees on Capitol Hill, MBA is bracing for big change,” said Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, in a session on post-election analysis at MBA’s 2025 Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo.

MBA Calls on CFPB to Delay Effective Dates of Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons

In light of President Trump’s “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” executive order issued last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association asked the CFPB to postpone for 60 days the effective compliance dates for entities subject to its Nonbank Registration Regulation issued on June 3, 2024.

MBA and State MBAs, Consumer Advocates Welcome Long-Awaited Rule on PACE Loans

The Mortgage Bankers Association and National Consumer Law Center, along with the California Mortgage Bankers Association, Housing Policy Council, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri, Mortgage Bankers Association of Florida, and Public Counsel of California issued the following joint statement in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule on consumer protections for residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.

Panel Highlights Recommendations for Changes to RESPA Section 8

DENVER–Fifty years after the passage of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, reforms and clarifications are needed, a panel said at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo Oct. 28.