The Week Ahead
The past four years have been anything but “normal” in Washington, D.C.–if there’s even such a thing as “normal.” But with an impending impeachment trial hanging over the Senate, things could get even weirder.
And as Hunter S. Thompson once said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
The Senate schedule is relatively clear, just in case the trial begins this week. On the House side, the schedule is sparse as well; nonetheless, the House Financial Services Committee holding two hearings of interest.
On Tuesday, Jan. 14, the Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America Is Leaving Families Vulnerable.
Slated to testify: Karen Chapple, Professor and Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkley; Matthew Desmond, Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology & Director of the Eviction Lab at Princeton University; Priya Jayachandran, President of the National Housing Trust; and Jeffrey Williams, Tenant Advocate
The hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. ET in room 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. And can be accessed online at https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406019.
Also on Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions holds a hearing on The Community Reinvestment Act: Reviewing Who Wins and Who Loses with Comptroller Ottings Proposal.
Scheduled witnesses include Gerron Levi, Director of Policy & Government Affairs with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition; Eric Rodriguez, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy with UnidosUS; Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, Executive Director of the California Reinvestment Coalition Institute; Hope Knight, President & CEO of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp.; and Faith Bautista, President & CEO of the National Diversity Coalition.
The hearing begins at 2:00 p.m. ET in 2128 Rayburn and can be accessed online at https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406025.
It’s a busy week here at the Mortgage Bankers Association. MBA releases its monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index this Tuesday, Jan. 14; its Weekly Applications Survey this Wednesday, Jan. 15; and its monthly Builder Applications Survey this Thursday, Jan. 16.
And this Friday marks the extended, FINAL deadline for the MBA NewsLink Tech All-Star Awards. For more information, see the story in this morning’s MBA NewsLink.
Also this week, the MISMO Winter Educational Summit and Workshop is underway in Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.mismo.org.
For the most up-to-date information regarding legislative activity at the state and local level, visit the MBA State Legislative Database at http://www.mortgagebankers.org/statelegislativedatabaselogin.htm.
For information about MBA Education events, visit http://www.mbaeducation.org.
For information about upcoming MBA conferences, visit http://www.mba.org/ConferencesEvents/Conferences.aspx.
If your company/association is an MBA member, we are happy to list conferences/events on the MBA NewsLink Upcoming Meetings/Events Calendar. Send your items to Mike Sorohan, editor, a msorohan@mba.org.
Upcoming Meetings/Events:
Jan. 13-17: MISMO Winter Educational Summit and Workshop, Las Vegas
Jan. 13: U.S. Treasury Budget
Jan. 14: MBA Builder Applications Survey
Jan. 14: MISMO Boot Camp, Las Vegas
Jan. 14-28: MBA Education Introduction to Mortgage Banking Webinar
Jan. 14: Consumer Price Index
Jan. 15: MBA Weekly Applications Survey
Jan. 15: MBA Education Ten Things Your Company Must Do in 2020 Webinar
Jan. 15: MBA Education Compliance Essentials: Trends in CFPB Servicing Rules Webinar
Jan. 15: Empire State Manufacturing Survey
Jan. 15: Producer Price Index
Jan. 16: MBA Builder Applications Survey
Jan. 16: MBA Education Compliance Essentials: A Deep Dive into RESPA Section 8 Webinar
Jan. 16: Philadelphia Fed Survey
Jan. 16: Retail Sales
Jan. 16: Business Inventories
Jan. 16: National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index
Jan. 17: FINAL DEADLINE: MBA NewsLink Tech All-Star Award Nominations
Jan. 17: New Residential Construction
Jan. 17: JOLTS (Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey)
Jan. 17: U. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey (prelim)
Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (MBA Offices Closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)
Jan. 21-24: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking III, Nashville, Tenn.
Jan. 22: MBA Weekly Applications Survey
Jan. 22: Federal Housing Finance Agency Purchase-Only House Price Index
Jan. 22: Existing Home Sales
Jan. 23: MBA Education Managing Talent, Diversity and Leadership in CRE Finance Webinar
Jan. 23: The Conference Board Leading Economic Indicators
Jan. 27: New Home Sales
Jan. 28-29: Federal Open Market Committee Policy Meeting (Statement Jan. 29)
Jan. 28: Advance Durable Goods
Jan. 28: S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes
Jan. 28: The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index
Jan. 29: MBA Weekly Applications Survey
Jan. 29: MBA Education Compliance Essentials: Update on AML/SAR Reporting and Enforcement Webinar
Jan. 30: mPower Presents Being Resilient: A Key to Leadership Success Webinar
Jan. 30: MBA Education Effective Internal Audit Function: the Fundamentals Webinar
Jan. 30: Housing Vacancies & Homeownership
Jan 31: Employment Cost Index
Jan. 31: U. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment (final)
Feb. 3-6: MBA Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference, New Orleans
Feb. 9-12: MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo, San Diego
Feb. 17: Presidents’ Day Holiday (MBA Offices Closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)
Feb. 23-26: MBA Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo, Orlando
Mar. 8-11: MBA Mid-Winter Housing Finance Conference, Avon, Colo.
Mar. 29-Apr. 1: MBA Technology Solutions Conference & Expo, Los Angeles
Apr. 20-21: MBA State & Local Workshop, Washington, D.C.
Apr. 21-22: MBA National Advocacy Conference, Washington, D.C.
Apr. 23: MBA Capital Market Summit, New York
Apr. 29-30: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Human Resources Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
May 3-6: MBA Legal Issues & Regulatory Compliance Conference, New York
May 13-14: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Officer Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
May 17-20: MBA Secondary & Capital Markets Conference, New York
May 17-20: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference, New Orleans
May 25: Memorial Day Holiday (MBA Offices Closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)
May 31-Jun. 2: MBA Chairman’s Conference, Newport Coast, Calif.
Jun. 25: MBA Document Custody Workshop, McLean, Va.
Jul. 3: Independence Day Holiday Observed (MBA Offices Closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)
Jul. 4: Independence Day
Sep. 13-15: MBA Risk Management, Q/A & Fraud Prevention Forum, San Diego
Oct. 17: mPowering You: MBA’s Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance, Chicago
Oct. 18-21: MBA Annual Convention & Expo, Chicago
