The Mortgage Bankers Association is continuing to lose experienced staffers, confirming the departures of senior vice president in charge of commercial/multifamily, Jan Sternin, and one other. Leaving the trade group next week is Chris Oswald, who serves as director of state government affairs. Ms. Sternin will depart by late January. A spokeswoman for the trade group confirmed the departures but said MBA will hire replacements. The trade group, which hopes to turn a profit in the current fiscal year, is in the process of reorganizing parts of its government affairs division. It is in the process of selling its new Washington headquarters building but expects to take a loss on the sale.
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Non-qualified mortgages account for 23.1% of the series 2026-7 pool, by balance, and 43.4% of the loans in the pool were made to investors for business purposes and are exempt from the Ability-to-Repay rules.
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Besides promoting Sridhar Sharma to CEO from president, the company named Andrew Bon Salle, ex-Fannie exec, as its new chairman, both replacing Chris Marshall.
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Several proposed updates, including lower risk-weight floors for certain securitizations and corporate loans, could make it more attractive for banks to finance or hold certain private credit-related assets, experts say.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr appears to be among the majority of monetary policymakers who foresee at least one more rate hike before the end of the year.
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Attom expanded its artificial intelligence platform, eLend partnered with Ready4Remodel to increase renovation financing and Keller Williams teamed up with Rejig.ai.
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Several lawsuits filed this year have painted the shared appreciation agreements as misleading, and suggest they should be treated as mortgage loans.
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