The Week Ahead—Mar. 8, 2021

The Mortgage Bankers Association has a busy week. MBA releases its weekly Forbearance and Call Volume Survey today (Mar. 8) at 4:00 p.m. ET.; On Tuesday, Mar. 9, MBA releases its monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index. And on Wed. Mar. 10, MBA releases its Weekly Applications Survey.

The Week Ahead—Mar. 1, 2021

Another busy week is shaping up on Capitol Hill. President Joseph Biden Jr.’s nominee for Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, appears (remotely) before the Senate Banking Committee this Tuesday, Mar. 2. Also appearing is Gary Gensler, Biden’s nominee for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Week Ahead—Feb. 22, 2021

Good morning! It’s one month until spring—hang in there, Texas. Compared to recent events here in Washington, this week promises to be somewhat quieter. Or perhaps not.

MBA Letter Outlines Fiscal 2021 Budget Priorities

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a Feb. 10 letter to the House Financial Services Committee, outlined several priorities it supports as the committee wrestles with its markup of the federal government’s fiscal 2021 budget.

The Week Ahead—Jan. 25, 2021

Good morning! Welcome to the first full week of business for the Biden Administration.

The Week Ahead—Nov. 30, 2020

Good morning, happy Monday and welcome back. We hope you had a safe and happy Thanksgiving weekend. We’ve got one more month in 2020, so let’s get to it and get it done.

The Week Ahead—Nov. 16, 2020

Good morning and happy Monday! It’s that “in-between period” here in Washington—in-between holidays (Veterans Day and Thanksgiving), in-between autumn and winter; and in-between Administrations (we think).

The Week Ahead—Nov. 9, 2020

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Regulatory Compliance Conference gets underway today and runs through Tuesday, Nov. 10.

The Week Ahead

Good morning and happy Monday! Welcome to another breathtaking week in the mortgage and political worlds. It’s 39 days until Election Day.