- Sep 16-17, 2025|San Diego, CA
President Trump and Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., visited the Federal Reserve Board headquarters Thursday afternoon to inspect ongoing renovations whose cost overruns have heightened scrutiny of Fed chair Jerome Powell.
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Policymakers technically closed the relief program in May because of concerns it was too costly, but it does have a soft phaseout for grandfathered trial mods.
July 1
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The firm is incentivizing the cross-selling of its services by offering a lower interest rate for one year for borrowers who finance via Rocket Mortgage retail LOs and use a Redfin agent.
July 1
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was noncommittal about cutting interest rates at the central bank's next monetary policy meeting in July, saying future actions will depend on incoming data. His comments come as President Trump ramps up his criticism of the Fed chair.
July 1
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HUD Secretary Scott Turner issued five mortgagee letters pulling back on 12 Federal Housing Administration policies that drive up the cost for homebuyers.
July 1
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Bill Pulte, regulator and conservator of entities that buy and securitize many mortgages, also reaffirmed he's 'not happy with" lenders' main score provider.
June 30
Only 20% of the Top Producers in the National Mortgage News survey were under 40, while almost half were between 41 and 50, and 30% even older.
Those who raced ahead of the pack of loan originators last year went the distance by offering exceptional customer service, catering to niche pockets of demand in the market.
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New research from the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and San Francisco says markets put the odds of zero interest rates lower today than in the recent past, but economic uncertainty raises the potential for drastic cuts in the "medium to long term."
July 7
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While more consumers expect purchase conditions to improve, potential job loss weighs on the mind of a growing number of likely homebuyers, Fannie Mae found.
July 7
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Deadly flash flooding in Texas serves as a reminder of the tactics scammers and fraudsters use against both victims and charitable onlookers.
July 7
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Following deadly flash floods in Texas, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency allowed national banks to close branches for safety.
July 7
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Both government-sponsored enterprises also are tightening rules around condo and co-op loans in buildings that have been involved in insolvency proceedings.
July 7
