Housing Pressures Will Linger After the Crisis Ends
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the mortgage industry in new ways
Education Can Replenish the Talent Pool
Technology is a stopgap fix to meet demand
A Smoother Path to Deliver Mortgages
Digital verification eases the experience for consumers and originators
Risks Come Into Focus for the Mortgage Industry
These challenges will keep compliance personnel up at night
Commercial Spotlight: Pacific Region
These four western states are bruised but not beaten
International Investments: Bahrain
The tiny Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain has been hungry for U.S. commercial real estate in recent years. As with most foreign players, however, Bahraini investors pulled back significantly after the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Part of this retreat also may be due to economic turbulence at home. Located on a roughly 295-square-mile island off the […]
Michele Evans, Fannie Mae
Multifamily will strike a more normal balance in 2021
Apartment market develops an urban-suburban divide
Although the worst of the COVID-19 health crisis is likely over, the economic fruits of the recovery are unlikely to be shared equally. Pandemic-induced structural change is evident. How and where we work has shifted. Lingering job losses have — and will continue to — disproportionately hurt lower-income households. This will impact multifamily-housing properties, particularly […]
Self storage should keep its momentum rolling
Self-storage facilities did fairly well last year even during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Widely perceived as lower risk and even “recession proof,” the sector has been changing through the infusion of Wall Street money, new technology and innovative designs. The sector also has been on a decade-long growth spurt. But will these good […]
Charmaine Brown, Mortgage Bankers Association
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