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Both purchase and refinance activity declined last week, despite rates falling to a two-month low with market concerns over geopolitical and tariff issues.

Home sellers, no longer required to pay the buyer's representative after major rule changes last year, are still covering the costs as concessions.

The Trump administration is seeking to fire roughly 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's staff and is fighting for that right in court. But if the administration prevails, can other consumer protection authorities from other federal regulators pick up the slack?

Prior to this development, the CFPB was the sole industry participant to publish an average prime offer rate index on a weekly basis.

Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable housing nonprofit said in a paper on Tuesday.

The closed meeting between the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Treasury, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is the first publicized in some time.

The anti-evasion exception introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic provided servicing flexibility to help borrowers struggling for many reasons, ABA said.

Adam Tahir, CPA, is a strategist at Bizora, an AI-powered tax research and compliance platform built specifically for CPAs and tax professionals.

None of the economists surveyed by Wolters Kluwer predict the Fed will cut rates at this week's meeting, few expect one in July and 41% said after September.

Katerina Brahy is vice president of product and engagement at Maps Credit Union, a member-owned financial cooperative based in Oregon. She is currently researching how "relational risk" shapes loyalty, decision-making and long-term relevance in financial systems.