When our entire workforce at Embrace Home Loans went remote in April, we faced the challenge of how to help make new employees feel welcome and part of the team. We’ve learned that managers are one of the most effective resources for building company culture. And this holds true not only for mortgage companies, but for most other industries as well.
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Along Came COVID: Emerging Tech Trends in Commercial Real Estate Finance
Emerging technologies and start-up firms proliferated in commercial real estate over the last several years. With the conventional wisdom being that while the single-family real estate finance industry has embraced new technologies and innovation, CRE was a laggard and therein lies a massive opportunity.
The World is Changing: is Real Estate Ready?
It’s safe to say 2020 has been one “hold my beer” moment after another. And the real estate finance industry, says States Title, San Francisco, had better be prepared for more changes—or risk obsolescence.
Placing Capital in Uncertain Times: A Conversation with CBRE’s Val Achtemeier
MBA NewsLink interviewed Valerie Achtemeier, Executive Vice President at CBRE Capital Markets in the Debt & Structured Finance Group. Based in Los Angeles, Achtemeier leads a team in placing debt and equity on commercial real estate throughout the U.S.
ATTOM: Northeast Housing Markets at Highest Risk of Pandemic Economic Impact
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said its third-quarter Special Report shows pockets of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions most at risk, with clusters in the New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. areas – while the West and now Midwest are less vulnerable.
Julie Chipman: 5 Ways to Cultivate Culture while Onboarding Employees Remotely
When our entire workforce at Embrace Home Loans went remote in April, we faced the challenge of how to help make new employees feel welcome and part of the team. We’ve learned that managers are one of the most effective resources for building company culture. And this holds true not only for mortgage companies, but for most other industries as well.
Mortgage Credit Availability Falls Again, Remains at 6-Year Low
Mortgage credit availability decreased in September, remaining at a six-year low, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning.
Record-Low Interest Rates Spark Refi Surge in MBA Weekly Survey
We apparently haven’t seen a bottom in mortgage interest rates—and it got a lot of borrowers off their couches, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 2.
Placing Capital in Uncertain Times: A Conversation with CBRE’s Val Achtemeier
MBA NewsLink interviewed Valerie Achtemeier, Executive Vice President at CBRE Capital Markets in the Debt & Structured Finance Group. Based in Los Angeles, Achtemeier leads a team in placing debt and equity on commercial real estate throughout the U.S.
Along Came COVID: Emerging Tech Trends in Commercial Real Estate Finance
Emerging technologies and start-up firms proliferated in commercial real estate over the last several years. With the conventional wisdom being that while the single-family real estate finance industry has embraced new technologies and innovation, CRE was a laggard and therein lies a massive opportunity.