MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement on Jonathan McKernan’s confirmation by the Senate to serve as the Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance.
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Realtor.com: One-Third of Home Sales All-Cash
Realtor.com, Santa Clara, Calif., reported that 32.8% of homes sold in first-half 2025 were paid for with cash.
Consumer Credit Quality Deteriorates Across Most Credit Categories, VantageScore Reports
Credit delinquencies rose on a year-over-year basis across nearly all credit tiers and almost all delinquency categories, according to VantageScore, San Francisco.
MISMO Seeks Nominations for Standards Governance Committee Members
MISMO, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, is calling for nominations for qualified industry professionals to serve on MISMO’s Standards Governance Committees for a two-year term beginning in January 2026. Positions are available on both the Residential and Commercial Standards Governance Committees.
MBA Opens Doors Foundation Kicks Off 2026 Fundraising Season With $3.1M in Donations
The MBA Opens Doors Foundation announced it received $3,118,000, against a $2.8 million goal, in corporate and individual donations during its Annual Appeal fundraising campaign for fiscal year 2026. The proceeds will support the Foundation’s mission of helping vulnerable families with critically ill or injured children stay in their homes while their child is in treatment.
Foreclosure Starts Jump 17% Year-Over-Year, ATTOM Finds
Just over 101,000 U.S. properties had a foreclosure filing during third-quarter 2025, up less than 1% from the previous quarter but up 17% from a year ago, according to ATTOM, Irvine, Calif.
MBA Statement on the Senate Passage of the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025
MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement following the Senate’s inclusion and passage of the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Voting for 2026 MBA Officers, New & Returning Directors Underway
The voting period for election of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s FY 2026 officers and new and returning directors is underway.
Multiple Lines of Defense: Combating Fraud in the Digital Closing Era
Fraud has become one of the most pressing risks in real estate and financial services. From deed theft and vacant land scams to AI-generated deepfakes, criminals are deploying increasingly sophisticated tools to exploit weaknesses in the transaction process, writes NotaryCam’s Suzanne Singer.
Federal Law Enforcement on What the Industry Needs to Know About Fraud Trends
WASHINGTON–“The bad guys are always finding new ways to reinvent themselves,” said Stavros Nikolakakos, the deputy special agent in charge of the Washington field office, United States Secret Service.