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MBA Premier Member Editorial: Why Mortgage Servicers Should Prepare Now for Rising Defaults

ICE Mortgage Technology’s Andrea Meir writes that mortgage defaults have been edging up, especially among financially vulnerable homeowners.

November 18, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Premier Member Editorial: Prudent AI’s Jayendran GS on How Fannie Mae’s Tech Partnerships Signal a Market Transformation

The agency lending ecosystem is actively expanding to serve America’s growing self-employed workforce—and Fannie Mae’s strategic partnerships with leading technology vendors clearly signal the acceleration of this transformation.

October 29, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Autoagent’s Steven Pals: Navigating CFPB Uncertainty, Compliance, Cost Pressures for Servicers

Rising loan servicing costs, tightening profit margins and persistent questions around regulatory oversight–particularly as the CFPB continues to shift toward a hands-off approach in many areas–have created a landscape where servicers must be agile, lean and resilient.

September 19, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Autoagent’s Steven Pals: How Servicers Can Maintain Controls Amid CFPB Cutbacks

Steven Pals of Autoagent discusses what servicers should be thinking about in the current regulatory environment.

July 16, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Autoagent’s Steven Pals on Why Mortgage Lenders Should Consider Direct Servicing

Direct servicing helps lenders reduce costs and maintain control and also positions them to respond swiftly to market dynamics, Autoagent’s Steven Pals writes.

May 13, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Why Mortgage Servicers Should Embrace Plain Language–Messagepoint’s Patrick Kehoe

Borrower communications play a critical role in enabling consumers to manage their debt and make informed decisions when they are struggling to do so. Yet most servicing communications are filled with industry jargon and legal phrasing that can confuse readers.

February 19, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Market Predictions for 2025 From First American’s Odeta Kushi

Will 2025 be the year the housing market moves closer to being ‘just right’? As with all things in economics, the answer is ‘it depends.’

January 24, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

First American’s Odeta Kushi: Market Predictions for 2025

Will 2025 be the year the housing market moves closer to being ‘just right’? As with all things in economics, the answer is ‘it depends.’

January 23, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice–ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook

In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

October 21, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice–ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook

In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

October 18, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff
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