Michael Tucker

5 days ago | newslink.mba.org | Michael Tucker

MBA Premier Member Editorial: The Hidden Cost of a Fragmented Tech Stack—and How to Fix It Take a look at your tech stack, BeSmartee CEO & Co-Founder Tim Nguyen suggests. More than 33 million homes across the United States face hurricane wind risk--including many in areas that are not fully prepared to weather the storms--a new report from Cotality finds. MBA's Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report contains meaningful performance measures and benchmarks on IMB originations and servicing.

6 days ago | newslink.mba.org | Michael Tucker

More than 33 million homes across the United States face hurricane wind risk–including many in areas that are not fully prepared to weather the storms–a new report from Cotality finds. In its 2025 Hurricane Risk Report, Cotality examined the growing financial and social costs of increasing hurricane risk, including areas of the U.S. that are not as prepared to weather the storms.

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Michael Tucker

Pending home sales plunged 6.3% in April, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday. All four U.S. regions experienced month-over-month losses in transactions. Year-over-year, contract signings rose in the Midwest but descended in the Northeast, South and West, but the West suffered the greatest loss. The Pending Home Sales Index–a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings–fell 6.3% in April to 71.3. Year-over-year, pending transactions retracted by 2.5%.

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Michael Tucker

1 week ago | newslink.mba.org | Michael Tucker

U.S. house prices rose 4.0% between the first quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. House prices for the first quarter of 2025 were up 0.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index for March was down 0.1% from February. Nationally, the U.S. housing market has experienced positive annual appreciation each quarter since the start of 2012, FHFA reported.