MBA Receives Grant from PREA Foundation to Launch Program to Raise Awareness of CRE Career Opportunities

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced a new partnership with the PREA Foundation that will focus on leading college students into deeper relationships with the commercial real estate finance industry. The partnership will highlight MBA’s and the PREA Foundation’s commitment to fostering inclusive growth in the CRE industry through expanding opportunities to diverse talent.

Investor-Driven Lender Growth in CRE Finance

The rise of debt funds, mortgage real estate investment trusts and other players in commercial real estate finance that MBA refers to broadly as “investor-driven lenders” has been at the heart of commercial real estate finance’s narrative this cycle–particularly in recent years.