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“Commercial and multifamily mortgage performance has improved considerably since the worst of the downturn. The stress that entered–and remains–in the market is largely concentrated in lodging and retail properties, with fewer new loans becoming delinquent and shrinking balances of overall delinquency as lenders and servicers work out the longer-term troubled loans.”
–Jamie Woodwell, MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research.

RMQA21: Risk Managers Weigh In

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Risk managers worked hard to maintain operations, employee morale and productivity when the pandemic hit, top risk management executives said during the recent Mortgage Bankers Association Risk Management, QA and Fraud Prevention Forum 2021.

RMQA21 Fraud Update: ‘Be Alert For Red Flags’

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The mortgage industry needs to be prepared for increased fraud activity as the pandemic and the recession fade, law enforcement, legal and mortgage servicing analysts said at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association’s Risk Management, QA and Fraud Prevention Forum 2021.

RMQA21: Pandemic Saw Changes in Consumer Behavior—Most of it Good

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The economy continued to improve in 2021, fueled by record consumer savings and strong gains in employment, despite the coronavirus pandemic that could have otherwise ground it to a halt, said Emre Sahingur, Senior Vice President of Predictive Analytics with VantageScore Solutions LLC, Stamford, Conn.

CMBS Delinquency Rate Shrinks, Cumulative Default Rate Increases

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate continues to shrink, but the cumulative loan default rate increased slightly in first-half 2021, according to two new reports from S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings.

Broeksmit: MBA ‘Working Hard for You’

Mortgage Bankers Association President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, kicked off the MBA Risk Management, QA and Fraud Prevention Forum with a tacit acknowledgement that the past year has been the busiest for the real estate finance industry in years.

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“The mortgage industry will not be spared by the growing impact climate change is having on the environment, governments and individuals…Climate mitigation efforts are necessary to slow the adverse effects of global warming, and better and more standardized predictors of environmental risks are needed to make housing and housing finance more resilient.”
–Sean Becketti, author of a RIHA report on the effects on climate change on the real estate finance industry.