SAN DIEGO–Looking at it in the rear-view mirror, 2024 seems like two very different environments, senior executives said here at MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo Tuesday.
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MBA Presents Smriti L. Popenoe with the 2025 CREF Distinguished Service Award
SAN DIEGO–The Mortgage Bankers Association awarded Smriti L. Popenoe, Co-CEO, President, and Chief Investment Officer at Dynex Capital, with the 2025 Commercial Real Estate Finance Distinguished Service Award here at its Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.
Christine Chandler: For Servicers, Challenges, Opportunities Abound
Christine Chandler, 2025 MBA Chair-Elect and Chief Credit Officer and Chief Operating Officer at M&T Realty Capital Corp., discussed hot topics in the servicing industry during her opening remarks at MBA’s 2025 Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo.
Adrianne Todman: Supply, Disaster Recovery, Affordability Top of Mind
DENVER–Adrianne Todman, Acting Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, spoke Oct. 28 at MBA’s Annual Convention & Expo, highlighting affordability, supply and responding to the recent spate of natural disasters.
MBA Elects 2025 Board of Directors
DENVER–The Mortgage Bankers Association swore in its Board of Directors for the 2025 membership year at its 2024 Annual Convention & Expo. The Board of Directors will be chaired by Laura Escobar, President of Lennar Mortgage.
Laura Escobar Sworn in as 2025 MBA Chair
DENVER–Laura Escobar, President of Lennar Mortgage, was sworn in Sunday as 2025 Chair of the Mortgage Bankers Association during the association’s 2024 Annual Convention & Expo.
Offices, Insurance Top Commercial Servicing Conversations, Panel Says
NEW ORLEANS–Looking at servicing in the current commercial market, offices and insurance issues are top of mind. That’s per a panel at the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, here, May 20.
MBA Opens Doors Foundation Welcomes M&T Realty Capital Corp’s Christine Chandler and Mphasis Digital Risk’s Jeffrey C. Taylor to Board of Directors
The MBA Opens Doors Foundation welcomed Christine Chandler, MBA’s 2024 Vice Chair and Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer, and Chief Operating Officer at M&T Realty Capital Corp., and Jeffrey Taylor, Founder & Managing Director at Mphasis Digital Risk, to its Board of Directors.
Mark Jones: Ready to Dive In
Mortgage Bankers Association 2024 Chairman Mark Jones co-founded and led Amerifirst Home Mortgage, served on MBA’s Board of Directors, chaired its Audit and Finance Committee, co-chaired its Independent Mortgage Bankers Executive Council, and testified before Congress. But before this, he was a Division I competitive diver in college.
Quote: Oct. 16, 2023
“I have been a proud part of the MBA family for nearly four decades and am incredibly honored and ecstatic to serve as the next Chairman. With the support of Laura Escobar and Christine Chandler, I am confident that our industry will overcome the current tough market environment. I am committed to promoting financial literacy for young adults and focusing on advocacy initiatives that increase housing supply and improve affordability in communities across America.”
–Mark Jones, 2024 MBA Chairman and President of Union Home Mortgage