MBA Chart of the Week: CREF Bingo Card

MBA Research released its annual CREF Bingo card, covering top topics we expect to hear discussed in sessions, hallway conversations and receptions.

MBA Chart of the Week: CREF Bingo Card

MBA Research released its annual CREF Bingo card, covering top topics we expect to hear discussed in sessions, hallway conversations and receptions.

Addressing America’s Affordability Crisis

Moody’s Analytics and the Urban Institute recently reported that more than 10 million U.S. renter households owe more than $5000 in back rent and fees as America’s affordability problem worsens during the pandemic. Analysts took on these and other issues in a lively session at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s CREF21 virtual convention.

CRE Performance, Outlook Varies by Bucket

Investors and lenders are grouping commercial properties into distinct “buckets,” and different buckets will likely perform differently as the economy bounces back from the Pandemic Recession, said MBA Vice President of CRE Research & Economics Jamie Woodwell.

CREF21: Bob Broeksmit on ‘The MBA Difference’

Mortgage Bankers Association President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, opened the MBA CREF21 Convention & Expo by recapping the “unprecedented challenges” the real estate finance industry faced over the past year and a look at the uncharted waters ahead.

MBA Presents Byron Boston with 2021 CREF Distinguished Service Award

The Mortgage Bankers Association awarded Byron Boston, CEO, President and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Dynex Capital Inc., Glen Allen, Va., with the 2021 Commercial Real Estate Finance Distinguished Service Award at its MBA LIVE CREF21: Lending, Investing, Servicing and Technology Convention & Expo.

CREF21: Bob Broeksmit on ‘The MBA Difference’

Mortgage Bankers Association President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, opened the MBA CREF21 Convention & Expo by recapping the “unprecedented challenges” the real estate finance industry faced over the past year and a look at the uncharted waters ahead.