Private-label commercial mortgage-backed securities issuance volume remained strong through August with $9.9 billion priced, reported Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York.
Category: News and Trends
MBA Seeks ‘Balance’ for GSE Single-Family, Multifamily Affordable Housing Goals
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should ensure sustainable housing for low- and very low-income households, they should be balanced with and accompany other tools and objectives.
Freddie Mac: Continued Multifamily Market Growth But Increased Affordability Challenges
Most multifamily executives believe the rental housing market will continue to grow, but many are less optimistic about the affordable housing outlook, reported Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.
CBRE: Houston ‘Resilient’ After Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey dropped more than 50 inches of rain in the Houston area, but the city has survived at least eight other severe floods and hurricanes since 1998 and it will rebound from this, too, said CBRE, Los Angeles.
MBANow: Cliff Rossi on Risk Management
The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring Cliff Rossi, Executive in Residence of the Practice at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, to discuss a soon-to-be published a paper on risk management through the MBA-sponsored Research Institute for Housing America and a program he’s developed with MBA Education on Advanced Risk Management.
Black Knight: Purchase Lending at 10-Year High; Refinances at 16-Year Low
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., reported $467 billion in first-lien mortgages in the second quarter, up by 20 percent from the first quarter but down by 16 percent from a year ago.
Freddie Mac: Continued Multifamily Market Growth But Increased Affordability Challenges
Most multifamily executives believe the rental housing market will continue to grow, but many are less optimistic about the affordable housing outlook, reported Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.
MBANow: Cliff Rossi on Risk Management
The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring Cliff Rossi, Executive in Residence of the Practice at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, to discuss a soon-to-be published a paper on risk management through the MBA-sponsored Research Institute for Housing America and a program he’s developed with MBA Education on Advanced Risk Management.
Freddie Mac: Continued Multifamily Market Growth But Increased Affordability Challenges
Most multifamily executives believe the rental housing market will continue to grow, but many are less optimistic about the affordable housing outlook, reported Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.
MBANow: Cliff Rossi on Risk Management
The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring Cliff Rossi, Executive in Residence of the Practice at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, to discuss a soon-to-be published a paper on risk management through the MBA-sponsored Research Institute for Housing America and a program he’s developed with MBA Education on Advanced Risk Management.