The Week Ahead, Feb. 27, 2023: March Comes In Like a…
Good morning and happy Monday. It’s almost March–already! Here’s what’s happening this week:
MBA Reports. On Wednesday, Mar. 1, MBA releases its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, with commentary and analysis from MBA Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist Joel Kan.
And if you haven’t yet checked out the MBA State of the Association, featuring a look back at key issues affecting the real estate finance industry in 2022 and the economic and policy outlook for 2023, please do so by clicking the link above.
Other Economic Reports. Here are this week’s other reports; those MBA NewsLink will cover are in italics:
—Monday: Pending Home Sales Index; Advance Durable Goods
—Tuesday: S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index; Consumer Confidence; Philadelphia Fed Non-Manufacturing Suvrey
—Wednesday: MBA Weekly Applications Survey; Construction; Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Index
—Thursday: Initial Claims; Gross Domestic Product
—Friday: ISM Non-Manufacturing Index
Congress. The House and Senate are in session this week. In committees, the Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 29, “Advancing National Security and Foreign Policy Through Sanctions, Export Controls, and Other Economic Tools.” The hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. ET in Dirksen Senate Office Building room 538 and can be accessed online here.
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.
And finally, MBA Conferences. Here’s a list of upcoming MBA conferences:
Mar. 5-8: MBA Mid-Winter Housing Finance Conference, Avon, Colo. For more information, click here.
Mar. 7: mPact Summit, Plano, Texas. For more information, click here.
Apr. 17-18: 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.
Apr. 26-27: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Human Resources Roundtable 2023. For more information, click here.
May 7-10: MBA Legal Issues & Regulatory Compliance Conference, Austin, Texas. For 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.
June 4-7: MBA Chairman’s Conference, Manalapan, Fla. For more information, click here.
June 5-8: MISMO Spring Summit, Portland, Ore. For more information, click here.
Sept. 10-12: MBA Regulatory Compliance Conference, Washington, D.C. For more information, click here.
Sept. 11-13: MBA Risk Management, QA and Fraud Prevention Forum, Phoenix. For more information, click here.
Oct. 14: mPowering You: MBA’s Summit For Women in Real Estate Finance, Philadelphia. For more information, click here.
Oct. 15-18: MBA Annual Convention & Expo, Philadelphia. 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!
