MBA
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is the national association representing the real estate finance industry, an industry that employs more than 280,000 people in virtually every community in the country. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the association works to ensure the continued strength of the nation’s residential and commercial real estate markets; to expand homeownership and extend access to affordable housing to all Americans. MBA promotes fair and ethical lending practices and fosters professional excellence among real estate finance employees through a wide range of educational programs and a variety of publications. Its membership of over 2,400 companies includes all elements of real estate finance: mortgage companies, mortgage brokers, commercial banks, thrifts, Wall Street conduits, life insurance companies and others in the mortgage lending field.
Contact:
Mortgage Bankers Association
1331 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 557-2700
CampusMBA Launches Specialized Courses on Emerging Servicing Standards for Industry Professionals
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CampusMBA, the award winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced that it has developed two comprehensive, instructor-led online courses to provide trai...
Pulte Mortgage’s Debra W. Still Delivers Remarks at MBA’s National Mortgage Servicing Conference
Orlando, FL - February 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- "Good morning everyone and welcome. As President and CEO of Pulte Mortgage, Chairman-Elect of the Mortgage Bankers Association and Chair of the MBA's Council on the Future of Residential Servicing f...
CampusMBA Launches Specialized Courses on Emerging Servicing Standards for Industry Professionals
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CampusMBA, the award winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced that it has developed two comprehensive, instructor-led online courses to provide trai...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 4.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Febr...
Delinquencies and Foreclosures Decline in Latest MBA Mortgage Delinquency Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.58 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the fourth q...
Purchase Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 1.0 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Febr...
MBA Statement on Mortgage Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), issued the following statement upon news of an agreement between state and federal officials and five large residential mortgage servicers.
Refinance Activity Increases as Rates Hit Survey Lows
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 7.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Febru...
MBA Honors David A. Roberts, CMB, of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital with 2012 CREF...
Atlanta, GA - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today awarded David Roberts, CMB, President and COO of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, with the CREF Distinguished Service Award at the Association's 22nd Annu...
MBA: Ten Percent of Non-Bank Commercial/Multifamily Debt Will Mature in 2012, Down From 2011
Atlanta, GA - February 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ten percent, or $150.6 billion, of commercial and multifamily mortgages held by non-bank lenders and investors will mature in 2012, a 3 percent decline from the $154.7 billion that matured in 2011, a...
MBA Forecasts $230 Billion of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations in 2012; $2.4 Trillion of Commercial/Multifamily...
Atlanta, GA - February 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In its inaugural forecast of the commercial/multifamily real estate finance markets, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) projects originations of commercial and multifamily mortgages will hit $230...
2011 Q4 Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Up 13 Percent from 2010 Q4; 2011 Total Up...
Atlanta, GA - February 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial/multifamily originations during the fourth quarter of 2011 were up 13 percent over the fourth quarter of 2010, but fell 7 percent from the third quarter of 2011, according to the Mortgage ...
MBA Statement on President Obama’s Housing Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today issued the following statement reacting to the housing plan outlined by President Obama in a speech in Virgin...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 2.9 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Janua...
MBA Statement in Response to President’s State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today issued the following statement.
MBA Announces Appointment of Peter Grace to be Vice President, Strategic Planning and Internal...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced the appointment of Peter J. Grace to be MBA’s new Vice President of Strategic Planning and Intern...
Mortgage Applications Fall by 5 percent in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 5.0 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Janua...
MBA’s Stevens Addresses the Exchequer Club of Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, today delivered a speech to the Exchequer Club of Washington, DC, on the housing market and housing policy titled, “A ...
CampusMBA Extends Partnership with Insurance Advisors to Offer New Live Online Workshops for Commercial/Multifamily...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CampusMBA, the award-winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced it has extended its partnership with Stamford, Connecticut-based Insurance Advisors LLC...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 23.1 percent from one week earlier (last week’s results included an adjustment for New Years Day), according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 4.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Janua...
MBA Statement on Fed’s Housing Policy White Paper
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President & CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) issued the following reaction to the white paper released by the Federal Reserve, titled, "The U.S. Housing Marke...
Mortgage Applications Decrease Over Two Week Holiday Period
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the weeks ending December 23, 2011 and December 30, 2011.
Mortgage Rates Drop to Another 2011 Low in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 2.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Dece...
Americans Are Ready and Willing to Buy, But Seller Sentiment Remains Extremely Negative
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prospective homebuyers believe now is a good time to buy, given today’s low home prices and low mortgage interest rates, but potential sellers are nearly unanimous in reporting that it is not a...
MBA Urges House to Vote Down Payroll Tax Extension
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote against the Senate-passed bill that would extend the payroll tax holiday for two months by ...
Three of Four Major Investor Groups Increased Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Investments During The Third Quarter
Washington, DC - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding was essentially unchanged in the third quarter of 2011, as three of the four major investor groups increased their holdings, accordin...
Refinance Applications Increase as Rates Drop to 2011 Lows in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 4.1 percent from one week earlier, driven by a surge in refinance applications, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage...
MBA Urges FHFA to Maintain Current Servicer Compensation Model
WASHINGTON, DC - December 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today filed a comment letter with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in response to its "Alternative Mortgage Servicing Compensation Discussion Paper,...
MBA: Third Quarter Mortgage Banker Production Profits Improved with Higher Origination Volumes and Favorable...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Independent mortgage banks and subsidiaries made an average profit of $1,263 on each loan they originated in the third quarter of 2011, up from $575 per loan in the second quarter of 2011, accordi...
