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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified in the House Tuesday on the heels of yet another pointed social media post from President Donald Trump. But House Republicans largely avoided landing political blows against the central bank chair.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut short a five-year agreement with Bank of America Corp. over the bank's alleged submission of false mortgage data as the significantly curtailed government agency rolls back a bevy of settlements.

Transparency has improved for mortgages but associations still lack access and insurance is a challenge in efforts to balance access to housing with safety.

Regulatory changes after the Surfside collapse are making more condos nonwarrantable, which presents some opportunities while also complicating mortgage access.

Senate Republicans are coming around to the $40,000 cap on state and local tax deduction key House lawmakers demand in President Trump's massive tax package.

The president should unwind the federal government's stake in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and direct the proceeds to a housing remainder trust designed to close critical gaps in real estate lending.

Rhode Island home sellers would see a conveyance tax rise 63%, and owners of million-dollar properties would pay an additional levy if the budget is signed into law.

A new House vote brings long-awaited privacy protections for homebuyers one step from reality. See what still needs to happen.

The Federal Reserve is the latest bank regulator to purge reputational considerations from its supervisory materials.

Although credit bureaus have collected this data for three years, it's only now being factored into assessments of consumer creditworthiness.