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Instability in mortgage rate movements should continue in the weeks ahead, even with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's comments on inflation.
March 21 -
The questions about whether the Home Loan banks receive a public subsidy has been settled. All that remains is for lawmakers to take steps to redirect that subsidy toward public benefits rather than corporate profits.
March 21 -
A major shake-up in the payments world, a data breach that's opened up a debate on who is ultimately responsible for cyberattacks, and uncertainty about the future of the Basel III endgame proposal are among the issues banks need to watch.
March 21 -
A trio of Republican Congressmen stated they will investigate how the program got fast-tracked by the Biden Administration.
March 19 -
Industry veterans are wary of prospective borrowers who can't pay for agents, and of compensation guidelines clashing with government mortgage lending programs.
March 19 -
The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau summarized his findings from a yearlong probe into the Appraisal Foundation. He says the "lawmaking body" is not accountable to the public or market forces.
March 18 -
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate for conforming loans fell, according to Freddie Mac, even as the 10-year Treasury yield rose nearly 18 basis points from the start of this week.
March 14 -
While some said the agency was ignorant of its own rules, one trade group praised the goals of the posting.
March 11 -
Regulatory reform – rather than Biden's proposed solutions – is needed to fix the inventory crisis, some say, but others applauded the president's buyer cost-cutting initiatives.
March 8 -
Here's how the former regulator thinks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could exit conservatorship and where he sees the residential market headed this year and next.
March 8