Community Outreach

LodeStar Software Solutions, a national provider of closing fee-related compliance tools for mortgage lenders, has announced that it will donate to Feeding America for every new signup to the Closing Cost Calculator’s Discovery tier.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced a new partnership with the PREA Foundation that will focus on leading college students into deeper relationships with the commercial real estate (CRE) finance industry.

The MBA Opens Doors Foundation (Opens Doors) launched the MBA Opens Doors Disaster Relief Program, which will provide an additional $100,000 to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to support the children and families impacted by the Southern California wildfires.

The Community Lenders of America (CHLA) sent a letter to Ginnie Mae requesting that the government agency provide capabilities to allow for loan-level pooling. CHLA has become increasingly concerned that Ginnie Mae issuers cannot transfer loans within a pool to transact a full loan mortgage servicing right (MSR) sale.

Home Value Lock, an innovative new insurance product recently launched in the Sacramento area, has announced a program to support VA loan applicants.

ACES Quality Management® (ACES), a provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, has announced its speaker line-up for the upcoming ACES ENGAGE conference, taking place at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 18 – 20, 2025.

The MBA Opens Doors Foundation (Opens Doors) has received $216,090 from Radian Group’s Opens Doors Opens Hearts campaign. The gift will allow Opens Doors to further deliver on its mission of providing mortgage and rental assistance to families with critically ill or injured children, allowing parents and guardians to be by a child’s side during treatment without fear of losing their home.

The National REO Brokers Association (NRBA) says its members are reporting increased commercial real estate (CRE) foreclosure and resale activity as 2023 comes to an end. While much of the national focus is on distressed assets in the office space sector, more of the smaller, stand-alone structures that house small businesses are being repossessed and resold as well.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has awarded $156,463 in scholarships to 179 industry professionals – including women and those from traditionally and historically marginalized and under-represented groups – under its Path to Diversity (P2D) Scholarship Program during the 2023 fiscal year, ending September 30.