Trump’s 50-year mortgage plan, the continued upswing in foreclosure activity, and a military base’s unlikely neighbor. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Nov. 10-14. Miss: The Wrong Answer. The Miss of the week –...
Single-family mortgage origination volume is expected to increase from $2 trillion in 2025 to $2.2 trillion in 2026, according to a new forecast from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The trade group is also predicting purchase originations will increase 7.7% to...
Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations during the second quarter were up by 48% from the first quarter and up 66% from one year earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). On a year-over-year measurement, there was a 140%...
MBA Education, the education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), has launched its Mortgage Banking Bound (MBB) program at Cleveland State University. The program offers a three-credit undergraduate course on residential mortgage origination and...
Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) is exiting from the mortgage origination business while cutting hundreds of jobs companywide. The digital-only bank’s layoffs will affect less than 5% of its workforce, according to a statement from bank spokesperson Peter Gilchrist to The...