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Critics of the OCC's broad preemption stance say the OCC is resurrecting an approach Congress curtailed after the financial crisis, setting up another Supreme Court test over the balance between federal banking powers and state consumer protections.

There's broad support for the effort to reduce costs and processes, but the Appraisal Institute warns about reducing property valuation quality control checks.

Foundation had introduced Version 3 of its credit risk model, using the most recent delinquency data, to improve loan performance predictions.

Fannie Mae's conservator is supporting the government-sponsored enterprise's test within certain boundaries, according to a recent social media post.

The Senate Banking Committee is slated to consider Christopher Phelan to be the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers on Thursday. Phelan has said in past academic papers that fractional reserve banking is "highly problematic."

The bureau said the move is intended to remove potentially confusing language with an upcoming revision to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

President Donald Trump said he wouldn't sign the housing bill, which includes several riders aimed at helping community banks, until Congress passes the SAVE Act.

Delayed development pipelines and tradeoffs plague projects as builders look towards creative financing strategies to cope.

Purchases of new single-family homes decreased by 7.3% to an annual rate of 580,000 last month, according to government figures published Wednesday.

The notice of proposed rulemaking promotes manufactured housing loans backed by personal property while advising the rollback of requirements in other areas.