Erik Anderson, CML

President,
CMLA Board of Directors

The CMLA year started out with a “bang”; well maybe we’ll consider it more of a leak, but amidst of all the commotion and disruption in Vail during the 41^st Annual CMLA Convention, CMLA and our members did what we do best – adapt.

Jamie Letts

Executive Director, CMLA

Many of you may or may not know CMLA’s year begins on August 1^st, kicked off by our annual Convention, and ends July 31^st. For those of you who attended our annual Convention this past August, you know we certainly kicked off the 2014/2015 year in a memorable way!

2014 Election Recap

Our nation has spoken, and Nov. 4th's votes produced yet another wave election, with Republicans capturing the Senate with 53 seats – and a potential 54^th seat riding on a December run-off election in Louisiana.

With all of these changes, we developed a mid-term election recap for you that specifically addresses how the results are expected to impact mortgage finance.

USDA Rural Development Application Package Processing Restrictions

Rural Development will not put application packages in line for processing until they are deemed complete. The Rural Development office will return any incomplete application packages, including those containing inaccuracies or missing documents, to the submitting lender and those packages will go to the back of the line when submitted.

Julie Piepho, CMB, AMP, CML

CMLA Member,
MBA State Ambassador

Julie has served as a driving force behind formation of the MBA State Ambassador program. Ambassadors are selected from MBA volunteer leadership, including former officers, members of the MBA Board of Directors, the Residential and Commercial Boards of Governors and the CMB Society.

24^th Annual Rocky Mountain Mortgage Lenders Expo

The rocky mountain region’s largest mortgage lending conference and expo. This year’s Expo is expected to attract over 1,000 industry professionals including business owners, company executives, sales managers, loan originators, and operations and compliance staff.