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Applications for mortgages to buy a home or refinance both fell for a second week, marking a swift reversal of what had been a hopeful sign of a revival in the US housing market.

Plaintiffs accusing the lender of steering them to higher rates cited comments LOs made under oath describing elements of the alleged scheme.

More than 15% of homes that went under contract in August were canceled, as the market heavily favored buyers, a Redfin report found.

The minority homebuilder share of the industry more than doubled after 2007 but lags when compared to the total non-white U.S. population, according to NAHB.

Prolonged funding pressures in US money markets, just as bank reserves held at the Federal Reserve are dwindling, suggest the central bank may be getting closer to ending the unwinding of its massive portfolio of securities. 

House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., asked bank regulators to give banks the supervisory clearance to extend lines of credit and modify loan terms for federal employees furloughed after the government shut down last week.

With the new option, unveiled Monday during OpenAI's annual developers event, a user can look up a three-bedroom home in a specific neighborhood on Zillow, without leaving the ChatGPT app.

Casey Essary is vice president of information security at BILL.

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran sidestepped whether policy setting pressure from the administration is a welcomed development, but reiterated that he wants to avoid succumbing to "groupthink."

Pat Warren serves as vice president of regulatory technology for BITS — the technology policy division of the Bank Policy Institute. Pat leads BITS' regulatory engagement on cybersecurity, technology and resiliency.