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Alec Connon is the coalition director of Stop the Money Pipeline.

The monthly pace of growth in applications for new single-family constructions fell for the first time in 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Hugh Frater was one of four appointed to the Bipartisan Policy Center board, along with former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, a co-chair of its Housing Council.

With the landmark Supreme Court decision overturning Chevron USA v. National Resources Defense Council, much of the rule making by the Federal Reserve Board, the SEC, HUD and other agencies is now open to attack, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Amy Gallagher is managing director at UHY Consulting, She leads UHY's Resources Solutions Group in the Southeast and has over two decades of experience in recruitment consulting.

The guidance is largely unchanged from what the agencies proposed last year. It directs institutions to craft policies that consider a wide array of potential shortcomings.

A planned update to the core Reg X servicing rule is needed but the industry wants more time to eye it with several new proposals pending in an election year.

Year-over-year consumer dollars for home remodeling projects should drop 0.5% by 2Q25, after a 3% decline for the trailing 12 months, said the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

The Dallas-based company, whose earnings per share fell short of consensus by 6 cents, lowered its revenue forecast and raised its expense outlook. Its stock price fell more than 8% on Thursday.

Gow's addition is the latest major leadership development at the firm, which also named a new chairman and CEO this year but saw the recent departure of its chief technology officer.