Sorohan, Mike msorohan@mba.org

Welcome back--and happy summer with a vengeance.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell visits Capitol Hill this week to deliver his Semi-Annual Report on Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy.

Powell meets with the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, July 9 beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing can be accessed online at https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=403999.  

Powell visits the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, July 11. That hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. ET in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building and can be accessed online at https://www.banking.senate.gov/.  

Also this week, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets holds a hearing on Building a Sustainable and Competitive Economy: An Examination of Proposals to Improve Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosures. The hearing takes place Wednesday, July 10 at 2:00 p.m. ET in 2128 Rayburn and can be accessed online at https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=404000. 

The Mortgage Bankers Association's CREF Market Intelligence Symposium takes place Wednesday, July 10 and Thursday, July 11 in New York. Also this week, MBA releases its Weekly Applications Survey this Wednesday, July 10; and its monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index this Thursday, July 11.

For the most up-to-date information regarding legislative activity at the state and local level, visit the MBA State Legislative Database at http://www.mortgagebankers.org/statelegislativedatabaselogin.htm.

For information about MBA Education events, visit http://www.mbaeducation.org.

For information about upcoming MBA conferences, visit http://www.mba.org/ConferencesEvents/Conferences.aspx.

If your company/association is an MBA member, we are happy to list conferences/events on the MBA NewsLink Upcoming Meetings/Events Calendar. Send your items to Mike Sorohan, editor, at msorohan@mba.org. 

Upcoming Meetings/Events: 

Jul. 9-23: MBA Education Introduction to Mortgage Banking Instructor-Guided Online Course

Jul. 10: MBA Weekly Applications Survey

Jul. 10-11: MBA CREF Market Intelligence Symposium, New York

Jul. 10-11: MBA Education Multifamily Property Inspection Workshop, Los Angeles

Jul. 10: JOLTS

Jul. 10: Wholesale Trade

Jul. 11: MBA Mortgage Credit Availability Index

Jul. 11: MBA Education Compliance Essentials Understanding MLO Temporary Authority Webinar

Jul. 11: MBA Builder Applications Survey

Jul. 11: Consumer Price Index

Jul. 11: Real Earnings

Jul. 15-Aug. 8: MBA Education School of Loan Origination Instructor-Guided Online Course

Jul. 15: MBA Education Fundamentals of Residential Lending & the Secondary Market Classroom Course, San Francisco

Jul. 15-25: MBA Education School of Mortgage Servicing Instructor-Guided Online Course

Jul. 15-Aug. 8: MBA Education School of Loan Origination Instructor-Guided Online Course

Jul. 15: Empire State Manufacturing Survey

Jul. 16-30: MBA Education Introduction to Mortgage Banking Instructor-Guided Online Course

Jul. 16: MBA Education CMF Top Commercial Insurance Issues and Problems Webinar

Jul. 16: National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index

Jul. 16: Advance Retail Sales

Jul. 16: Business Inventories

Jul. 16: Imports/Exports

Jul. 16: Industrial Production/Capacity Utilization

Jul. 17: MBA Weekly Applications Survey

Jul. 17: MBA Education Mortgage Servicing and Subservicing Part I--Overview Webinar

Jul. 17: mPower Overcoming & Leading Through Conflict Webinar

Jul. 17: MBA Education Wholesale Lending: How Wholesaler Set their 'Street Price' Webinar

Jul. 17: New Residential Construction

Jul. 18: MBA Condominium Lending Workshop, Washington, D.C.

Jul. 18: Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey

Jul. 19: U. of Michigan Consumer Surveys (prelim)

Jul. 22: MBA Education Maximizing the Customer Experience in a Social Media World Webinar

Jul. 22: MBA Education Wholesale Lending: The Client Relationship Post-Closing Webinar

Jul. 22: Chicago Fed National Activity Index

Jul. 23-26: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking Course I, Washington, D.C.

Jul. 23-26: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking Course II, Washington, D.C.

Jul. 23: Existing Home Sales

Jul. 23: Philadelphia Fed Non-Manufacturing Survey

Jul. 23: Richmond Fed Survey

Jul. 24: MBA Weekly Applications Survey

Jul. 24-Aug. 17: MBA Education CRE Basics Intro to Commercial Loan Servicing Instructor-Guided Online Course

Jul. 24: MBA Education Mortgage Servicing & Subservicing II--Details Webinar

Jul. 24: New Residential Sales

Jul. 24: Revised Building Permits

Jul. 25: MBA Education Excel for Commercial Real Estate Professionals webinar

Jul. 25: Advance Durable Gooods

Jul. 26: Gross Domestic Product

Jul. 29: Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey

Jul. 30-31: Federal Open Market Committee Policy Meeting

Jul. 30: Personal Income/PCE Deflator

Jul. 30: S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Housing Market Indices

Jul. 30: Consumer Confidence

Jul. 30: Pending Home Sales Index

Jul. 31: MBA Weekly Applications Survey

Jul. 31: ADP National Employment Report

Jul. 31: Employment Cost Index

Aug. 6: MBA Education VA Underwriting for Military Veterans Webinar

Aug. 6: MBA Education Compliance Essentials FHA Default Servicing and Claims Update Webinar

Aug. 7: MBA Education Compliance Essentials: How the Proposed Amendments to Reg F will Impace FDCPA Webinar

Aug. 13-16: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking III, Washington, D.C.

Aug. 13-16: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking I, Denver

Aug. 14: MBA Education Expect the Best, Prepare for the Worst: CRE Loan Workouts 10 Webinar

Aug. 19-Sep. 9: MBA Education CRE Basics Property Inspection/Environmental Concerns Instructor-Guided Online Course

Aug. 20: MBA Education CMF: Catastrophic Insurance Webinar

Aug. 21: MBA Education Compliance Essentials--Update on State-Level Litigation and Emerging Trends Webinar

Aug. 21-23: MBA Education Multifamily School of Mortgage Banking

Sep. 2: Labor Day holiday (MBA offices closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)

Sep. 9: MBA Education Commercial Loan Origination Sales Training Workshop

Sep. 10-24: MBA Education Introduction to Mortgage Banking Instructor-Guided Online Course

Sep. 11-12: MBA Human Resources Symposium, Washington, D.C.

Sep. 11-12: MBA Education Multifamily Property Inspection Workhop, Washington, D.C.

Sep. 11: MBA Education Compliance Essentials--Supreme Court & Appelate Court Update (Year in Review) Webinar

Sep. 12: mPower: Out of Your Own Way--Stop Doing These 5 Things Webinar

Sep. 15: MBA Education Advanced Risk Management Concepts Workshop, Chicago

Sep. 15: MBA Education Managing the Risks of CFPB and State Examinations Workshop, Chicago

Sep. 15-17: MBA Risk Management, QA & Fraud Prevention Forum, Chicago

Sep. 16-Oct. 7: MBA Education CRE Basics Underwriting Retail Instructor-Guided Online Course

Sep. 16-20: MISMO Fall Summit, Washington, D.C.

Sep. 17: MISMO Boot Camp Live at the MISMO Fall Summit

Sep. 17-18: Federal Open Market Committee Policy Meeting

Sep. 17-20: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking I, Dallas

Sep. 17-20: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking II, Dallas

Sep. 17: MBA Education CMF General, Umbrella and Professional Liability Insurance Webinar

Sep. 18: MBA Education Bank-Owned Mortgage Division, What Bankers Need to Know Webinar

Sep. 18: MBA Education Compliance Essentials--Update on Recent Class Action & Private Litigation Webinar

Sep. 22-24: MBA Regulatory Compliance Conference, Washington, D.C.

Sep. 25-Oct. 19: MBA Education CRE Basics BMC & Financial Statement Analysis Instructor-Guided Online Course

Sep. 25: MBA Education Compliance Essentials: Trends in CFPB Servicing Rules Webinar

Oct. 2-3: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Marketing Officer Roundtable, Washington, D.C.

Oct. 8-Nov. 21: MBA Education School of Loan Origination Instructor-Guided Online Course

Oct. 14-24: MBA Education School of Mortgage Servicing Instructor-Guided Online Course

Oct. 15: MBA Education CMF Overview of CMF Insurance Compliance Webinar

Oct. 16: MBA Education Budgeting and Financial Planning for Non-Believers Webinar

Oct. 26: mPowering You: MBA Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance, Austin, Texas

Oct. 27-30: MBA Annual Convention & Expo, Austin, Texas

Oct. 29-30: Federal Open Market Committee Policy Meeting

Nov. 5-21: MBA Education School of Loan Origination II Instructor-Guided Online Course

Nov. 6-7: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Technology Officer Roundtable, Washington, D.C.

Nov. 13-14: MBA Education Multifamily Property Inspection Workshop, Dallas

Nov. 19-21: MBA Accounting & Financial Management Conference, San Diego

Nov. 19: MBA Education CMF--Commercial Insurer Ratings and Property Claims Webinar

Nov. 19: MBA Education CMF Commercial Insurer Ratings & Property Claims Webinar

Nov. 28-29: Thanksgiving holidays (MBA offices closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)

Dec. 3-6: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking Course I, Orange County, Calif.

Dec. 3-6: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking II, Orange, County, Calif.

Dec. 3-6: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking III, Dallas

Dec. 4-5: MBA Summit on Diversity & Inclusion, Washington, D.C.

Dec. 10-11: Federal Open Market Committee Policy Meeting

Dec. 25-Jan. 1: Christmas/New Year holiday week (MBA offices closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)

2020

Jan. 1: New Year's holiday ((MBA offices closed; MBA NewsLink will not publish)

Jan. 10-Feb. 21: MBA Education CMB Prep Course (Instructor-Guided Online Course)

Jan. 21-Feb. 13: MBA Education School of Loan Origination I Instructor-Guided Online Course

Jan. 21-24: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking III, Nashville, Tenn.

Jan. 27-30: MBA Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference, New Orleans

Feb. 9-12: MBA Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo, San Diego

Feb. 11-14: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking I, Washington, D.C.

Feb. 19-21: MBA Education Multifamily School of Mortgage Banking, Washington, D.C.

Feb. 23-26: MBA National Mortgage Servicing Conference & Expo, Orlando

Mar. 3-6: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking II, Washington, D.C.

Mar. 8-11: MBA Midwinter Housing Finance Conference, Avon, Colo.

Mar. 16-Apr. 9: MBA Education School of Loan Origination I Instructor-Guided Online Course

Mar. 24-27: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking III, Orange County, Calif.

Mar. 29-Apr. 1: MBA Technology Solutions Conference & Expo, Los Angeles

Apr. 14-17: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking I, Detroit

Apr. 14-17: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking II, Detroit

Apr. 20-21: MBA State & Local Workshop, Washington, D.C.

Apr. 21-22: MBA National Advocacy Conference, Washington, D.C.

Apr. 22-23: MBA Education Multifamily Property Inspection Workshop, Minneapolis

May 3-6: MBA Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, New York

May 5-8: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking I, Salt Lake City, Utah

May 5-8: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking II, Salt Lake City, Utah

May 17-20: MBA National Secondary Market Conference & Expo, New York

May 17-20: MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference, New Orleans

May 31-Jun. 2: MBA Chairman's Conference, Newport Coast, Calif.

Aug. 18-21: MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking I, Philadelphia