In his annual opening remarks to the Mortgage Bankers
Association’s annual convention, President and CEO David Stevens began with a
personal note, announcing publicly for the first time that he is battling an
“aggressive, but treatable, cancer.”
“Today's challenge is personal to (wife) Mary, me and our
family – but I am attacking this the same way I do everything else. And this
evil disease has a tough challenge ahead, as we intend to win this battle,”
Stevens said.
Read on for more of what the association leader had to say
about housing and politics.