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Now is the time to recruit this diverse, technology-focused demographic into the home lending business, industry leaders say.

If a lender can address language barriers, the loans can be simple to originate and are likely to deliver higher yields as well as ultra-low delinquency rates, experts said.

Bank of America is also planning to expand into Madison, Wisconsin; Boise, Idaho; and Birmingham, Alabama, a company executive said. The goal is to find growth opportunities that don't require operating a large number of branches, the executive indicated.

CEO Curtis Farmer said the warehouse sector, where Comerica provides lines of credit to mortgage banking companies, has not been providing much help as the company seeks to bolster deposits.

The Treasury has added Property Assessed Clean Energy financing for solar panels and the like to the list of approved expenses that states could authorize.

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, lambasted the Federal Reserve for increasing the dominance of "too big to fail" banks and failing to rein in systemic risk. He asked whether the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a better regulator than the Fed.

While paying off existing loans is their most immediate priority, buying a house is the No. 1 aim within five-to-10 years, a FinLocker survey found.

After falling to a 10-year low in April, credit on the market diminished further last month, with government, conforming and jumbo offerings all decreasing, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Homebuilders are among plaintiffs seeking a halt to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's overhaul.

The vendor said it'll be providing "staff augmentation" supported by a cloud-based system and data it has.