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Three fair housing firms disagree that the DOJ should end a redlining consent order against Lakeland Bank, arguing the firm hasn't done enough. The bank disputes those claims.

HUD officials outlined a number of key changes to its manufactured housing programs including eliminating the chassis requirement.

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage is below 6.8% for the first time since May as the 10-year Treasury moved lower with the headlines of the past week.

The department's move is the latest HUD decision aligning with the Trump administration's deregulatory strategy that targets many ESG programs.

As news of Bayview Asset Management's purchase of Guild Mortgage broke, recruiters have ramped up outreach to the mortgage lenders' originators.

Lenders have been working to shrink their rent-regulated real estate loan portfolios since a watershed state law passed in 2019, but those plans may be accelerated.

A rally in short-dated Treasuries gathered pace Thursday after a raft of US economic data on balance favored wagers on as many as three Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts this year.

Consumer spending and exports fell slightly in the latest estimate, leading to a downward revision. Imports, which dragged down overall output during the first three months of the year, also came in smaller.

Real estate was the worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 Index on Wednesday and Wall Street analysts pointed to the electoral result for the nation's biggest city as a key reason. 

The regulator and conservator of two influential loan buyers with government ties has directed them to look at digital currency's use in qualifying borrowers.