National Housing Conference CEO David Dworkin, a centrist advocate for affordable housing stakeholders, warns of unintended consequences of downsizing of HUD, FHA and Ginnie Mae
Congressional Democrats vow to fight moves to 'unlawfully delete this popular consumer watchdog that enjoys the broad bipartisan support of 4 out of 5 Americans'
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has reintroduced the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, inspired by the Department of Justice’s RealPage investigation
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Broker and former US Senate legislative correspondent Cara Ameer offers issue-by-issue analysis of the confirmation hearing for Scott Turner, newly confirmed as HUD Secretary
Getting out from under $1.95T cap would allow bank to grow its deposit base, providing more room on the balance sheet to originate jumbo mortgages too big for Fannie and Freddie
In renewing a call that building materials be exempt from tariffs, trade group notes that more than 70% of imported softwood lumber and gypsum used for drywall comes from Canada and Mexico
Once the nation's largest home lender, Wells Fargo could be poised for a comeback in mortgage this year as it continues to make progress addressing regulators' concerns about past practices
Mortgage lenders have renewed their calls to slash Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance premiums to help buyers struggling with elevated housing costs and mortgage rates
Plan to require lenders working with Fannie and Freddie to use FICO Score 10 T and VantageScore 4.0 models by Q4 2025 has been dropped, with new implementation date 'TBD'
The grandson of PulteGroup founder William J. Pulte, Bill Pulte is a private equity CEO, philanthropist and Trump loyalist with 3M followers on X
'Green Mirage' phone scam targets homeowners in all 50 states from India, using the caller ID of the borrower's actual mortgage lender and tricking victims into making payments to US 'mules'
Bayview Asset Management and affiliates settle allegations that security was deficient and state regulators were stymied in investigation of 2021 incident affecting 5.8M customers
Vanderbilt Mortgage, which also does business as Silverton Mortgage, is accused by CFPB of approving loans that it knew, or should have known, borrowers couldn't repay
PACE lenders object to rule requiring them to evaluate borrowers' ability to repay and provide more comprehensive disclosures so homeowners can comparison shop for other financing
Trade group for title insurers complains federal regulators are disregarding the views of lawmakers in allowing the program to move forward on the eve of a 2nd Trump administration
Responding to appraisal bias lawsuit, Rocket claims the government requires lenders to grant appraisers independence, then holds them liable if those appraisers engage in discrimination