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From quick-to-market updates on industry developments to comprehensive skill-based training at all experience levels, we are your One Resource for results-oriented education.
- Commercial Real Estate Basics: Property Inspection and Environmental Concerns, March 4-25
- CRE Basics: Underwriting Office Buildings & Valuation, May 6-27
- Commercial Real Estate Basics: Underwriting Retail, June 3-24
- Commercial Real Estate Basics: Loan Closing and Loan Documentation, June 8
- Commercial Real Estate Basics: Introduction to CMBS, June 22
From quick-to-market updates on industry developments to comprehensive skill-based training at all experience levels, we are your One Resource for results-oriented education.
- Advanced School of Mortgage Servicing, Westlake, TX, March 11-13
- School of Loan Origination, Online, April 27-May 21
- Mortgage Banking Bound, Multiple Locations and Dates
- MBA Compliance Essentials: RESPA-TILA Integration Forums, Multiple Locations and Dates
- School of Mortgage Banking, Multiple Locations and Dates
Through active member engagement, you can lend your expertise to MBA's grassroots and national policy and legislative agendas to truly be the voice of the industry, as the future of real estate finance in America is determined.
Real estate finance is always about change. The change can be legislative, regulatory or economic. MBA helps us anticipate change before it occurs.
I love being part of MBA because it's given me the chance to meet and work with folks who have the same passion for this industry as I do. MBA provides the framework for all of us to work together toward common goals. And with such strength in numbers, we can move our industry forward.
We get an opportunity to actually meet with legislators, decision makers and regulators.Those are the folks who are formulating what the future of our industry is going to look like. It is fantastic to have a voice in that process.
Key Issues
ATR/QM ImprovementsMortgage Banking Magazine
Latest Issue: February 2015
Be sure to read:
- Q&A with Robert Maddox
Don't miss this enlightening interview with the senior attorney who represented GMAC at the table during negotiations over the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement. - Filling the Fed's Shoes
Find out what is likely to happen to mortgage rates now that the Federal Reserve has ended its quantitative-easing program.
MBA Mortgage Rates
| 2/25 | 2/18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Year Jumbo | 4.09 | 3.92 |
| 30-Year Fixed-Rate | 3.99 | 3.93 |
| 15-Year Fixed-Rate | 3.28 | 3.24 |
| 5-Year ARM | 3.28 | 3.09 |
| FHA 203 (b) | 3.82 | 3.73 |