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The GOP has launched multiple proposals with this aim and a trade group is specifically backing an expansive one from Rep. Warren Davidson, R.-Ohio.

In 2026, Christine Chandler will join a small but growing number of women that will have occupied the organization's top slot.

Government-backed activity, though, managed to grow, which helped to shrink purchase-loan sizes to their smallest in over two months, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Construction activity in smaller cities also saw a significant annual decline, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

The Berkshire Hathaway unit first invested in the underwriter in May 2022. Previously it was wholly owned by Realogy.

Worries about unknown future expenses and the state of their own finances are also causing anxiety for over 80% of U.S. consumers, according to new research from BMO.

Residents in the top five cities have an average median credit score of 800.4 in 2022, according to WalletHub.

But scarce housing inventory has helped to bring home equity values back upward, offsetting some of the losses of late 2022.

Both loan demand and credit availability have contracted sharply, according to senior executives at several of the nation's largest banks. Their comments came against the specter of a potential recession.

State Farm General Insurance Co. said it's no longer accepting new applications for property and casualty coverage in California last week, a year after Allstate Corp. also paused new policies, worsening what FAIR Plan, a state-mandated insurance pool, called a "looming insurance unavailability crisis."