The Week Ahead, Jan. 30, 2023: Countdown to CREF23
Good morning and happy Monday; we’re almost all the way through January (already!). We have a busy week ahead of us, so let’s get to it:
First, CREF23. The MBA Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo—CREF23—is less than two weeks away, taking place Feb. 12-15 in San Diego. MBA NewsLink and MBA Commercial/Multifamily NewsLink will provide onsite coverage. For more information, click here.
Second MBA Reports. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, MBA issues its Weekly 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.
The video includes discussions and interviews with:
–MBA President & CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB (keynote address)
–MBA COO Marcia Davies
—Mike Fratantoni, SVP and Chief Economist on the 2023 Single-Family and Commercial/Multifamily Forecast
—Bill Killmer, SVP, Legislative and Political Affairs on the 2022 Legislative Recap and 2023 Outlook
—Mike Flood, SVP, Commercial/Multifamily Policy and Member Engagement on the 2022 Commercial/Multifamily Advocacy Recap and 2023 Outlook
—Pete Mills, SVP, Residential Policy and Strategic Industry Engagement on the 2022 Residential Policy and Regulatory Recap and 2023 Outlook
—Tamara King, VP, Strategic Industry Engagement on Member Engagement in 2023
—Steve O’Connor, SVP, Affordable Housing Initiatives on Affordable Housing Initiative Update
—Lisa Haynes, SVP, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Highlights and Initiatives.
Third, Other Economic Reports. The first week of the month is Jobs Week, with four major employment measures coming out. Here are this week’s housing and economic reports; those MBA NewsLink will cover are in italics:
—Monday: (no reports)
—Tuesday: S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indices; Consumer Confidence; Employment Cost Index
—Wednesday: MBA Weekly Applications Survey; ADP National Employment Report; JOLTS; Construction; ISM Manufacturing Index
—Thursday: Initial Claims; Productivity & Costs; Manufacturing, Shipments & Orders
—Friday: Employment; ISM Non-Manufacturing Index
Fourth, Congress. The House and Senate are back in session this week, still grappling with what to do about the federal debt ceiling.
Neither the House Financial Services Committee nor the Senate Banking Committee have hearings scheduled this week.
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:
Feb. 12-15: CREF 2023, San Diego. For more information, click here.
Feb. 21-24: MBA Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo, Orlando. For more information, click here.
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!
