Hi, I’m Adam DeSanctis. This is The Mortgage Minute, the latest news from the Mortgage Bankers Association. To start, MBA continues to monitor the developments of the ongoing government shutdown now in its third week. And another news, FHFA published its draft strategic plan last week for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. The strategic plan highlights FHFA’s ongoing and future efforts to oversee and shape Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The federal home loan banks, as well as improve its own operations. The plan contains several objectives aimed at accomplishing three top line goals, responsibly overseeing the GSEs for the American people, supervising the FHLB system, and efficiently managing FHFA operations. The plan also includes priorities. FHFA director William Pulte has highlighted previously, including anti-fraud efforts, deregulation and housing supply. FHFA will accept public comments on their strategic plan through November 5th. We will review the proposed plan in the coming weeks and we’ll continue to engage with FHFA on this and other critical housing issues. And finally, by the time you hear this message, MBA annual in Las Vegas will be underway. I hope you are joining us, and if you see me running around, please stop me and say hi.
Adam DeSanctis, VP, Communications at Mortgage Bankers Association
As a strategic public affairs and communications executive with nearly two decades of experience, Adam has deep expertise in strategy, management, and media relations. He is widely regarded as an expert in a variety of communications, including advocacy, brand, executive, crisis, grassroots, and social media. In his career, he has been the MBA spokesperson on a wide variety of real estate research and advocacy-related issues, promoted MBA research and advocacy efforts to financial, political, and trade industry media and on MBA’s social media channels, and secured media opportunities for MBA leadership on key real estate trends and issues, generated media coverage for MBA’s research and data on mortgage applications, credit availability, homebuilder applications, mortgage forbearance/delinquencies, commercial real estate originations, and forecasts, and other industry analysis, developed key strategic initiatives for MBA’s organizational public affairs plan, media relations and member communications support for mPower, MBA’s Opens Doors Foundation and MBA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.