The Week Ahead, Oct. 10, 2022: 5 Things to Know

Good morning, and welcome to another week. MBA offices are open today (Columbus Day), but if you’re observing the holiday and reading this a day later—Happy Tuesday. Here’s what’s happening this week:

First, MBA Annual22. The MBA Annual Convention & Expo—the biggest real estate finance industry event of the year—is less than two weeks away, taking place Oct. 23-26 at the Music City Center in Nashville.

MBA Annual22 kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 22 with the annual mPowering Youevent, then kicks off in earnest on Sunday Oct. 23 with a breathtaking pace of General Sessions, Breakout Sessions and special events. More than 130 exhibitors will be in THE HUB Expo Hall and more than 2,000 real estate finance professionals are expected to attend.

Academy Award-winning actress, singer and dancer Rita Moreno; former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; and legendary basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski will deliver keynote remarks. And Concert MBA this year features Darius Rucker.

You still have time to register. For more information, click here.

Second, MBA Reports. It’s another busy week for MBA, with the monthly MBA Mortgage Credit Availability Index coming out this Tuesday, Oct. 11. MBA Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry Forecasting Joel Kan will provide commentary and analysis.

The MBA Weekly Applications Survey comes out on Wednesday, Oct. 12, with Kan again providing commentary and analysis.

Third, Other Economic Reports. Here is this week’s economic/housing report schedule; those that MBA NewsLink will cover are in italics:

Monday: (no reports)

Tuesday: MBA Mortgage Credit Availability Index

Wednesday: MBA Weekly Applications Survey

Thursday: Initial Claims; Consumer Price Index

Friday: Advance Retail Sales; Imports/Exports; Business Inventories; University of Michigan Consumer Survey (preliminary)

Fourth, Congress. The House and Senate remain in recess until after Election Day.

For more information about the House and Senate, visit www.house.gov and www.senate.gov, respectively. For more information about upcoming hearings in the Senate Banking Committee, click https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings. For more information about upcoming hearings in the House Financial Services Committee, click https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/?EventTypeID=577&Congress=117.

Fifth, MBA Conferences. Here’s a list of upcoming MBA conferences:

Oct. 22: mPowering You: MBA’s Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance, Music City Center Nashville. For more information click here.

Oct. 23-26: MBA Annual Convention and Expo, Music City Center Nashville. For more information, click here.

Nov. 2-3: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Technology Officer Roundtable, Washington, D.C. For more information, click here.

Nov. 8-10: MBA Accounting and Financial Management Conference, JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa. For more information, click here.

Jan. 23-26, 2023: MBA Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference, Coronado, Calif. For more information, click here.

Feb. 12-15, 2023: CREF 2023, San Diego. For more information, click here.

Feb. 21-24, 2023: MBA Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo, Orlando. For more information, click here.

Apr. 17-18, 2023: MBA State & Local Workshop, Washington, D.C. For more information, click here.

Apr. 18-19: MBA National Advocacy Conference, Washington, D.C. Fore more information, click here.

May 9-12: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Housing Servicing and Technology Conference, Chicago. For more information, click here.

May 21-24: MBA Secondary and Capital Markets Conference & Expo, New York. For more information, click here.

For more information, click the links above or visit https://www.mba.org/conferences-and-education/conferences-and-meetings.

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/.

Enjoy the week!