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      <title><![CDATA[ Credit risk transfers earn bipartisan praise ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Credit risk transfers, a means by which banks can move risk off their balance sheets, earned considerable bipartisan support in a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing Wednesday.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:43:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Claire Williams</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ SoFi enters HELOC market amid home equity surge ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The addition of HELOCs at SoFi comes alongside the launch of a new advisory group, as the company heightens its focus on real estate lending.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:37:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Spencer Lee</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Fannie, Freddie, FHA to accept VantageScore immediately ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The enterprises also still plan to add FICO 10T but the release of the historical data stakeholders in their market can use to assess it has taken longer.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:01:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Bonnie Sinnock</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ D.R. Horton, NVR, Taylor Morrison, M/I Homes earnings recap for mortgage lenders ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Builder mortgage units saw Q1 profit slides (NVR down 17%) despite an 11% rise in new home loan applications. Overall homebuilder net income dropped, and sales incentives remain high.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Brad Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Toll Brothers acquires private Arkansas homebuilder ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Toll Brothers' purchase of Buffington Homes of Arkansas will extend its national outreach with a strong presence in northwest Arkansas, the company said.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Colin McNamara</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Bessent says CDFI Fund 'had lost its way' ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday defended cuts to the Community Development Financial Institution Fund in the president's 2027 budget, telling the Senate Appropriations Committee that the program had pursued a "partisan wish list."  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Ebrima Santos Sanneh</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Castlelake buys majority stake in Resfin Partners ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The company that the global firm is investing in owns a U.S. mortgage correspondent business and another domestic lender that does business with brokers.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:22:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ CFPB finalizes new ECOA rule in major fair lending pivot  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized changes to Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, to eliminate any liability for indirect discrimination by lenders. The change represents a major shift in how the agency polices lending discrimination.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:18:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kate Berry</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Planet is the latest mortgage lender to embark on a rebrand ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The company will be using a simplified name and a new logo it says shows its unified business model, but its longstanding tagline will stay in place.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:34:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Brad Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Home-purchase applications jump as rates settle back ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped for a third week to 6.35%, the lowest since mid-March  ]]></description>
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