The Week Ahead, Apr 3, 2023: #MBATech23 Underway

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Good morning and happy Monday! MBA NewsLink is coming to you this week from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Technology Solutions Conference & Expo.

#MBATech23 runs through next Wednesday, Apr. 5 at the San Jose Convention Center. MBA NewsLink will provide on-site coverage this week—including presentations of this year’s Tech All-Star Award winners.

Now, here’s what else is happening this week:

MBA Reports. On Wednesday, Apr. 5,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. The first week of the month means jobs reports, culminating this Friday with the monthly Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. MBA Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni will provide commentary and analysis in the Monday, Apr. 10 edition of NewsLink.

Here are this week’s reports; those that MBA NewsLink will cover are in italics:

Monday: Construction; Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Index

Tuesday: CoreLogic Home Price Index; JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey)

Wednesday: MBA Weekly Applications Survey; Manufacturing, Shipments and Orders; Institute for Supply Management Non-Manufacturing Index

Thursday: ADP National Employment Report; Initial Claims

Friday: Employment Situation

Congress. The House and Senate are in recess for the next two weeks, returning to Washington on Apr. 17—just in time for the MBA National Advocacy Conference, which takes place in D.C. Apr. 18-19. For more information, click 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:

Apr. 2-5: MBA Technology Solutions Conference & Expo, San Jose, Calif. 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. For 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!