The Week Ahead—Mar. 29, 2021
Good morning! Welcome to the second week of spring.
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Spring Summit is less than a month away. Four conferences in one – designed for the times – MBA’s all-new Spring Conference & Expo: Independent Mortgage Banks, Secondary Markets, Servicing and Technology is your opportunity to get everything you look forward to at your favorite MBA event, plus even more content and connections.
Offered via MBA LIVE, an interactive virtual conference experience, this epic event allows you to hear from an unparalleled lineup of speakers on the Main Stage, dive deep into your specialty area and explore others, chat live with peers across the entire residential real estate finance industry and find innovative solutions from exhibitors in the virtual HUB.
Keynote speakers include business legend Gary Cohn and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria, as well as keynote addresses by MBA President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, and MBA Chair Susan Stewart.
To register, click here. For more information, visit here.
MBA this week releases its weekly Forbearance & Call Volume Survey this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. ET; and its Weekly Applications Survey on Wednesday, Mar. 31 (7:00 a.m. ET).
Capitol Hill is relatively quiet this week; the House and Senate are both in recess with Passover and Holy Week in progress. The House does not return to Washington until Apr. 13; the Senate returns on Apr. 12.
Here are this week’s economic events/reports of interest:
Monday, Mar. 29: MBA Weekly Forbearance & Call Volume Survey; Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey
Tuesday, Mar. 30: S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indices; Consumer Confidence
Wednesday, Mar. 31: MBA Weekly Applications Survey; Pending Home Sales Index; ADP National Employment Report
Thursday, Apr. 1: Initial Claims; Construction; Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Index
Friday, Apr. 2: Employment Situation
For information about upcoming MBA conferences, click here. Launched this spring, MBA LIVE brings you dynamic keynotes and informative panel discussions you’ve come to rely on from MBA. We’ll be adding even more opportunities to engage with speakers, industry colleagues, and the many vendors and service providers that help keep your business moving forward. Visit mba.org/MBALIVE for the latest information on these events.
For the latest on how the coronavirus is affecting our industry, our health and our economy, visit the MBA Coronavirus Resource Center. And you can also visit the newly created members-only online network, MBA’s COVID-19 Residential Policy Community, at https://bit.ly/2QEVpUZ. #MBAWorkingForYou #MBACOVIDUpdates
For the most up-to-date information regarding legislative activity at the state and local level, visit the MBA State Legislative Database here.
For information about MBA Education events, visit http://www.mbaeducation.org.
For information about the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA), visit https://www.nammba.org/.
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, at msorohan@mba.org; or Michael Tucker, Editorial Manager, at mtucker@mba.org.
