San Diego, CA – February 5, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — $119.5 billion, eight percent of the outstanding balance, of commercial and multifamily mortgages held by non-bank lenders and investors will mature in 2013, a 21 percent decline from the $150.6 billion that matured in 2012, according to today’s release of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) 2012 Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Survey of Loan Maturity Volumes

San Diego, CA – February 4, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its year-end ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage servicers as of the end of December 31, 2012. At the top of the list of firms is Wells Fargo with $429.1 billion in U.S. master and primary servicing, followed by PNC Real Estate/Midland Loan Services with $337.6 billion, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC with $197.3 billion, Bank of America Merrill Lynch with $112.5 billion, and KeyBank Real Estate Capital with $101.2 billion.

San Diego, CA – February 4, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — In its second annual forecast of the commercial/multifamily real estate finance markets, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) projects originations of commercial and multifamily mortgages will grow to $254 billion in 2013, an increase of 11 percent from 2012 volumes, and continue to rise to $289 billion in 2015. Originations of multifamily mortgages are forecast at $100 billion in 2013.

San Diego, CA – February 4, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Commercial and multifamily mortgage originations increased 49 percent between the third and the fourth quarters of 2012, and were also up 49 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 30, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Mortgage applications decreased 8.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 25, 2013. The results include an adjustment to account for the Martin Luther King holiday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 23, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Mortgage applications increased 7.0 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 18, 2013.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 16, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Mortgage applications increased 15.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 11, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 10, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) –Debra W. Still, CMB, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), issued the following statement on the final Qualified Mortgage/Ability to Repay rule released today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 09, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Mortgage applications increased 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 January 4, 2013. The results include an adjustment to account for the New Year’s Day holiday

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 03, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Application Survey for the two weeks ending December 21, 2012 and December 28, 2012.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 02, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Construction spending dipped from October to November, but resolution of the uncertainty regarding federal taxes for 2013 should unleash more private construction investment, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials warned, however, that unresolved issues about federal construction spending, including storm relief for northeastern states, will hold down public construction spending.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 19, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Debra W. Still, CMB, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced that the Association has assembled a task force of MBA members to revisit MBA’s groundbreaking 2009 proposal for the future of the secondary mortgage market and the Government Sponsored Enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or “the GSEs”). MBA’s GSE Single Family Task Force will be led by Tim Dale, Executive Vice President – Mortgage Lending at BB&T and a former chairman of MBA’s Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 19, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Mortgage applications decreased 12.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 14, 2012.

WASHINGTON, DC – December 13, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks made an average profit of $2,465 on each loan they originated in the third quarter of 2012, up from $2,152 per loan in the second quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 12, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Mortgage applications increased 6.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 7, 2012.

WASHINGTON, DC – December 12, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $6.6 billion, or 0.3 percent, in the third quarter of 2012, as three of the four major investor groups increased their holdings, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

WASHINGTON, DC – December 11, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $6.6 billion, or 0.3 percent, in the third quarter of 2012, as three of the four major investor groups increased their holdings, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 6, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Delinquency rates decreased for commercial and multifamily mortgage loans in the third quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 5, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Mortgage applications increased 4.5 percent from one week earlier , according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 30, 2012. Last week’s results included an adjustment for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Washington, DC – December 5, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released a white paper today that underscores the importance of multifamily rental housing and examines the role of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or “the GSEs”) in multifamily housing finance going forward. The white paper and its recommendations were developed by MBA’s GSE Multifamily Task Force, a group of industry experts from MBA’s broad commercial/multifamily finance membership convened to focus on the future role of the GSEs in the multifamily housing market, which serves more than 15 million (one in seven) American households. The white paper addresses key questions about the future of the GSEs’ multifamily businesses raised by the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s February 2012 strategic plan.