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mpowering you MBA’s Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance
Nothing says inspiring like 340 women in the real estate finance industry joining together at mPowering You! On October 21st in Denver, Colorado, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) presented mPowering You, an event that will go down in history for this powerful and great organization. “It has never happened at the MBA in our 104-year history,” stated Marcia Davies, COO of MBA. “It’s time to be empowered.”
The conversations and ideas generated within this space fostered networking and powerful narratives, and assisted in the creation of decisive branding and career advancements. Featuring sessions like Know and Grow Your Value and Gender and Generations: Driving New Forms of Leadership, the summit strengthened and showcased the value and power of women.
Attendees heard from successful women in the industry, including Mika Brzezinski, New York Times Best-Selling Author and Co-Host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and Ruth Sherman, Executive Speech Coach & Celebrity Media Trainer, who shared the importance of women knowing their value, mastering their message, owning each moment and unleashing their potential.
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The Gender Gap: Women as Mortgage Consumers
In the last 200 years, women’s voice and role in society has evolved quite substantially in the United States and around the world. The mortgage industry is no exception. As first-time homebuyers, women face patterns of discrimination. These discriminatory lending patterns, in violation of many regulations including those promulgated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), limit women from becoming homeowners and result in fair lending violations, regulatory actions and litigation against lenders.
As regulatory requirements in the mortgage industry have tightened, lenders are taking note that discrimination is having an adverse effect on the mortgage industry and our economy as a whole. In some cases, programs are being established to target specific categories of women in the market that are faced with discriminatory obstacles. Yet, there is much more that needs to be done.
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2017 NAWRB Keynote: Toni Moss – AmeriCatalyst & Interviews w/Marcia Davies – MBA and Tami Bonnell – EXIT Realty
Keynote Speaker Toni Moss,
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Current Trajectory of the U.S. Housing Market over the next five to 10 years
In this keynote session, AmeriCatalyst CEO Toni Moss adapts the title of Joan Didion’s book, “The Year of Magical Thinking,” into a presentation on the current state of global economics; the wave of populist backlash against globalization and the current trajectory of the U.S. housing market over the next five to 10 years. Always thought-provoking and compelling, not to mention entertaining, Toni provides unique insight into current affairs and previews the unreleased content and final chapter of her iconic AMERICATALYST event this September.
Major Supreme Court Decision to Affect Mortgage Industry
In a unanimous decision on Monday, the Supreme Court held that the Department of Labor does not have to adhere to notice-and-comment procedures as outlined in the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association was the landmark case that allowed the Justices to come to this decision.