The Week Ahead

Good morning! Welcome back from the Memorial Day holiday—or, as we working remotely folks call it, “Monday.”

The Week Ahead

Good morning! Welcome to another Monday, Week 11 of the Coronapacolypse.

The Week Ahead

Congress was expected to reconvene today. The Senate is here; the House is not. House Democrats decided last week that the proximity of 435 Members—some wearing face masks, some defiantly not—was not prudent, particularly in a city that saw its highest death tolls yet from the coronavirus over the past several days.

The Week Ahead

Wherever you are—living room, basement, cave, bunker, fallout shelter—good morning from the MBA NewsLink temporary editorial offices outside the virtually deserted Nation’s Capital.

MBA Cancels National Advocacy Conference, State & Local Workshop

Amid continued concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Mortgage Bankers Association this morning canceled its upcoming National Advocacy Conference (Apr. 21-22) and State & Local Workshop (Apr. 20-21).

The Week Ahead

Welcome to our new dystopian reality: life as we know it has been suspended indefinitely.

The Week Ahead

NEW ORLEANS—MBA NewsLink comes to you this week from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference here in The Big Easy.

MBA Advocacy Update

On Friday, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger sent a letter to Congress outlining the Bureau’s plan for a revised Qualified Mortgage Standard.