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The Federal Reserve is poised to make several key decisions during the year ahead that will impact monetary policy both in the near term and for years to come.

Mortgage rates should decline very gradually next year as the Federal Reserve will keep to its implied path of short-term rate reductions, Freddie Mac said.

The complaint claims over 50 class members and it alleges potential damages exceeding $5 million from the bank.

Separate forbearance and government-sponsored enterprise delinquency indicators both reached relatively high levels for the year, but not for the same reason.

The Bank Policy Institute, the American Bankers Association and others said proposed changes would address "some if not all" of banks' concerns about stress tests, but they are filing the lawsuit to preserve their legal right to do so.

Companies' new uses for AI, regulators' responses to past cyber incidents and wider acceptance of digital collateral were among the year's top developments.

JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, U.S. Bank and Citi had more than $1 billion in combined first-mortgage loans as of Sept. 30.

Changes to buyer broker commissions, along with the National Association of Realtors battle with the Biden Administration, had an impact on how mortgage lenders operated in 2024.

Fifteen percent of residences had three or more structures, which can go undetected by insurers even when they identify a secondary structure.

Donovan Pyle is the CEO of Health Compass Consulting and the chairman of the Validation Institute's Certified Health Value Professional (CHVP) advisory board.