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
Modest Changes in Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Delinquency Rates During Third Quarter
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- During the third quarter, delinquency rates declined for commercial and multifamily mortgages held by banks and in commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS). Delinquency rates increased for l...
MBA Announces Completion of MISMO Transition
WASHINGTON, DC - December 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced it has completed the transition, announced in September, and will resume support for the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization...
MBA Testifies on Health of FHA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Henry V. Cunningham Jr., CMB, a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Board of Directors and immediate past Chairman of MBA’s Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG), testified ...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 11.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Nov...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 1.2 percent from one week earlier (which included the Veterans Day holiday), according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Ap...
Delinquencies Decrease, Foreclosures Rise in Latest MBA Mortgage Delinquency Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The seasonally adjusted delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties fell to 7.99 percent in the third quarter of 2011, according to data from the Mortgage Ban...
Award Winning Study Examines Impact of Social Networks on Homeowners Decision to Strategically Default
WASHINGTON, DC - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Unemployment and other factors have caused many homeowners to involuntarily default on their mortgages. At the same time, falling home prices, the possibility of being underwater for many years ...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 10.0 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Nov...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 10.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Nove...
Third Quarter Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Up 98 Percent from Last Year, 10 Percent from...
Washington, DC - November 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Third quarter 2011 commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 98 percent higher than during the same period last year and 10 percent higher than the second quarter of 2011, accordi...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 0.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Octob...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 4.9 percent from one week earlier, which included the Columbus Day holiday, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Appl...
MBA Welcomes Changes to HARP
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) issued the following statement in response to this morning's announcement of changes to the Home Affordable Refinanc...
MBA Announces New Members and Leadership of Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG) and Residential...
Chicago, IL - October 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced Garry Cipponeri, Senior Vice President of Chase in Iselin, NJ, as Chairman of its Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG) and, David Motley, CMB...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 1.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Octob...
MBA Sees Slow Growth in Purchase Originations, Drop in Refinancing, Weak Overall Economic Growth...
Chicago, IL - October 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) expects to see mortgage originations fall from an estimated $1.2 trillion in 2011 to $900 billion in 2012. The drop will be driven by a significant decline in r...
MBA Announces 2012 Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG) Leadership and New...
Chicago, IL - October 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced the election of Tari L. Flannery, CMB, President, M&T Realty Capital Corporation as the new Chair of the Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily...
MBA Honors Henry V. (Hank) Cunningham, Jr., CMB, with the 2011 Andrew D. Woodward...
Chicago, IL - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today awarded Henry V. (Hank) Cunningham, Jr., CMB, President of Cunningham & Company, with the Andrew D. Woodward Distinguished Service Award at the Assoc...
MBA Announces Creation of National 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization for Philanthropic Ventures
CHICAGO, IL - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced the creation of a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to be the umbrella for philanthropic ventures by MBA and its members to help America...
Michael W. Young Sworn in as MBA Chairman
Chicago, IL - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michael W. Young, Chairman of the Board, Cenlar FSB, today was sworn in as the 2012 Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) at the association's 98th Annual Convention & Expo in Chicago.
CampusMBA Graduates 35 Certified Mortgage Bankers During MBA Annual Convention
Chicago, IL - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CampusMBA, the award-winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), graduated 35 Certified Mortgage Bankers (CMB) at a ceremony held at MBA’s 98th Annual Convention &...
Mortgage Applications, except Government Refinances, Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Mortgage applications decreased 4.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Septemb...
MISMO® Presents Leendert Bijnagte with Staff Appreciation Award
Washington, DC - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MISMO, the not-for-profit data standards subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), presented its Staff Appreciation Award to Leendert (Leo) Bijnagte, Business Systems Consultant at W...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 9.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Sep...
Management of MISMO to Transfer to MBA
Washington, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and MERSCORP,Inc.® (the parent company of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., MERS) jointly announced today that management of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, Inc. (MISMO®) will transfer to MBA on December 1, 2011.
Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding Increased For First Time Since 2009
Washington, DC - September 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by 0.1 percent in the second quarter of 2011, the first quarterly increase since the third quarter of 2009, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 0.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 16, 2011.
MBA’s Stevens Testifies on Restructuring and Refinancing Mortgage Loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), testified today before the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development at a hearing titled, “New Ideas for Refinancing and Restructuring Mortgage Loans.”
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 6.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 9, 2011. This week’s results include an adjustment to account for the Labor Day holiday
Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Delinquencies Down in Second Quarter for Four of Five Major Investor Groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial/multifamily mortgage delinquency rates among four out of five major investor groups decreased in the second quarter of 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report.
