California industry appointments update - 9/29/2006

National Mortgage Professional

Sep 28, 2006

MBA releases Q2 commercial/multifamily data bookMortgagePress.comMBA Data Book The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has released its Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Quarterly Data Book for the second quarter of 2006. The report combines the most up-to-date information on various topics of interest to industry participants and observers. This edition covers the following topics: economic outlook, commercial/multifamily finance environment, mortgage production, mortgage debt outstanding, loan servicing and recent MBA commercial/multifamily research news releases. Washington-based MBA is a national trade association representing the real estate finance industry. For more information, call (202) 557-2700 or visit www.mortgagebankers.org.

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Sep 28, 2006

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