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The House Financial Services Committee will see a shuffling of deck chairs among the leadership of its subcommittees in the new Congress as it also welcomes 10 new Republican members.

Ohio has prohibited the use of plywood to board up certain vacant or abandoned properties in foreclosure.

Initiatives aimed at a more inclusive credit box have long relied on costly approaches that are difficult to scale. Now, demographic shifts are intensifying industry demand for a more automated and efficient solution.

Demographics are shifting, creating more prospective minority homebuyers than ever before. But predominant underwriting processes and these would-be borrowers' financial backgrounds are holding them back.

Mortgage credit availability grew for the fourth consecutive month in December, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

Mortgage interest rates dropped for the first time since the presidential election in the first week of the new year, Freddie Mac reported.

Origin Bank in Addison, Texas, has begun offering warehouse financing for electronic mortgages.

In hindsight, the U.S. Treasury's support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was structured in a way that proved to be counterproductive.

The Senate Banking Committee will have six fresh faces in the new Congress as Republicans grapple with a slimmer majority.

Freddie Mac obtained one final new insurance policy under its Agency Credit Insurance Structure program in 2016.