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Four companies are fighting CFPB enforcement actions by claiming the agency cannot be funded by the Federal Reserve, which has not been profitable since 2022. The consumer bureau calls the new legal theory "meritless."

The possibility of moving stalled housing bills forward combined with promises of down payment assistance is offering hope to housing advocates.

Capacity reductions seem to be in their endgame as clients are looking to focus on revenue growth and market share, Boston Consulting Group said in its second quarter 2024 wrap.

Yuval Teller-Hason is Director of Business Operations at Ledge, a finance operations platform that automates high-volume reconciliation with AI. Prior to joining Ledge in 2023, he worked for nine years in the Israel Ministry of Finance where he built economic strategy for the banking, capital management, and insurance sectors, led legislation efforts for open banking, and designed initiatives to develop the local payment market, including the creation of a new regulatory framework for payment service providers.

Wall Street strategists are recommending taking advantage of declines in market-based gauges of future inflation to build up protection on the cheap.

10-Q filings with the SEC reveal additional information regarding the financial wherewithal of public mortgage lenders in the second quarter.

Among the big four title companies, the top two reported fewer open orders year-over-year in the second quarter, while the other two gained business.

Investor demand for loans made outside the qualified mortgage definition can shift over time. It's recently been going through a period of particular strength.

In a brave new world, Fannie and Freddie would be functionally like Pennymac and Mr. Cooper, but would have a credit line from the Treasury and FHFA regulation, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes.