Anneliese Mahoney

Washington, D.C.

Editorial Manager at The Mortgage Bankers Association

Currently: @MBAMortgage; Former: @TransportTopics, @LawStreetMedia. Cheese is my life. She/her. All views are my own.

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Snapdocs: More Lenders Offer eClosing, but Adoption Lags

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

(Image courtesy of Snapdocs)Snapdocs, San Francisco, released its 2025 State of eClose Adoption Report, finding that 90% of lenders now offer digital closing to their customers. That compares with 74% in 2023. However, only 14% of those lenders close more than 80% of their loans digitally, and only 31% report closing more than 60% digitally. Thatâ€™s only up narrowly from 28% that cleared the 60% threshold in 2023.
People in the News, April 17, 2025

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

Home > MBA Newslinks > MBA, Trade Groups Send Joint Letter (Mark Seaton, left, and Matt Wajner)First American Makes Leadership ChangesFirst American Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., announced that Chief Financial Officer Mark Seaton has been appointed to serve as CEO.
Fannie Mae HPES Predicts Home Price Growth Will Moderate

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

Fannie Mae, in partnership with Pulsenomics, Acton, Mass., released its Home Price Expectations Survey for the first quarter. A panel of more than 100 housing experts forecasts home price growth to average 3.4% in 2025 and 3.3% in 2026. That follows national home price growth of 5.8% last year. Those are revisions from the fourth-quarter predictions of 3.8% for 2025 and 3.6% for 2026 as measured by the Fannie Mae Home Price Index.
ATTOM: U.S. Foreclosure Activity Up in Q1

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

(Image courtesy of Curtis Adams/pexels.com)ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., reported that there were 93,953 U.S. properties with a foreclosure filing in Q1, up 11% from Q4 2024, but down 2% from last year’s first quarter. March’s foreclosure filings numbered 35,890, up 11% from February and up 9% from March 2024. There were 68,794 properties that started the foreclosure process in Q1, up 14% from the previous quarter and up 2% year-over-year.
Redfin: Gap Between Income Needed for Buying vs. Renting Widens

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

(Image courtesy of Jonathan Meyer/pexels.com)Redfin, Seattle, found that Americans need to earn $116,633 per year to afford the median priced home for sale, compared with $64,160 needed to afford the typical apartment for rent. That’s 81.8% more needed for the homeowner; Redfin reports that gap has been widening. In 2024, an American needed to earn $110,808 to afford the typical home, compared with $64,000 for the renter–a gap of 73.1%. In 2023, the gap was 54.5%.
Zillow Finds Best Metros to Buy, Sell Homes This Spring

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

(Image of Miami courtesy of Daniel Alvarado/pexels.com)Zillow, Seattle, found that Miami tops the list of best places to be a buyer this spring, and Buffalo, N.Y., is the best place to be a seller. This comes amid more homes available for buyers nationwide–more than 1 million were for sale in February, the most for that month since before the pandemic.
Optimal Blue: Refinances Jump in March

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

Optimal Blue, Plano, Texas, released its March 2025 Market Advantage mortgage data report, finding a 24% increase in rate lock volume, attributed to early spring buyers entering the market and homeowners refinancing with recent lower rates. Purchase volumes were up 21% month-over-month, but hover 2% below last year. But, refinances surged, with rate-and-term refinances up 52% month-over-month and cash-out refinances up 20%.
Auction.com Reports Buyers’ Optimism Grows

2 weeks ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

(Image courtesy of Auction.com; Breakout image courtesy of Mohamed hamdi/pexels.com)Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., released its 2025 Buyer Insights Report, finding 64% of buyers of distressed properties expect their purchases to increase in 2025, up from 60% in 2024 and 54% in 2023. A third expect home prices to decline in 2025, down from 40% who said the same last year. And 43% say the market is overvalued, down from 49% in 2024. In addition, 74% expect rent growth this year, up from 71% in 2024.
Slideshow: Lawmakers Address MBA's National Advocacy Conference

2 weeks ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

WASHINGTON–A number of lawmakers stopped by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Advocacy Conference April 8 to address industry members on legislative and office priorities. See more below: Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), a member of the House Financial Services Committee From left: MBA Senior Vice President, Legislative and Political Affairs Bill Killmer and Sen.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ‘Nothing Gets Better if We Don’t Build More Housing’

2 weeks ago | newslink.mba.org | Anneliese Mahoney

(Image by Anneliese Mahoney)WASHINGTON–Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, took to the stage during the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Advocacy Conference April 8, emphasizing the challenges of the housing industry in the U.S. and advocating for bipartisan work and creativity in solving those impediments. Warren noted that by some estimates, we are facing a shortage of 5 million homes, and we need housing of all kinds and across all areas of the country.