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A top Federal Reserve official is issuing a warning about fast-growing and largely unregulated shadow lenders: They were a big factor in why central banks had to save markets earlier this year, and much more needs to be done to assess the risks posed by the sector.

The City of Frisco has experienced a major population boom in the past few decades and has earned the title of fastest-growing city several times by the U.S. Census Bureau.

A recent ruling declaring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s structure unconstitutional signaled that a similar outcome awaits the Federal Housing Finance Agency. But the FHFA will argue in a new case that it does not deserve the same fate.

He co-founded California Rural Legal Assistance, Public Advocates and the Greenlining Institute.

The rise in late and suspended payments following the coronavirus outbreak in the United States may have helped the FHA realize it's high time to improve the process.

The council created by the Dodd-Frank Act to identify systemic risks launched a review of the market as part of an activities-based approach that shifts focus away from targeting individual firms.

Home purchases in markets outside of cities accounted for some of the San Francisco bank's loan growth. Executives believe this will be a long-term trend because a generous supply of inventory in less populated areas will appeal to buyers.

Mortgage applications to purchase new homes were up 54% compared to the same month the year before.

The banks logged strong year-over-year growth in gain-on-sale margins for mortgage loans.

Down payment assistance programs remain an important tool for increasing minority homeownership, but especially more so because of the pandemic.