MBA: 2020 IMB Production Volumes, Profits Hit Record-Highs

Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks made an average profit of $4,202 on each loan they originated in 2020, up from $1,470 per loan in 2019, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported last week.

CFPB Proposes Mortgage Servicing Changes

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday proposed a set of rule changes it said are intended to help prevent “avoidable foreclosures” as emergency federal foreclosure protections expire.

Troubled Commercial Mortgage Loan Triage: A Special Servicer Roundtable

With the ebb and flow of 2020 market disruption in the rearview mirror and the vaccine rollout in full swing, MBA NewsLink checked in with two special servicers, a rating agency servicer analyst and Freddie Mac asset management chief to explore what is happening in commercial/multifamily markets, where different parts of the commercial real estate finance ecosystem are today and factors driving the outlook for agency and non-agency CMBS sectors.