Federal Housing Finance Board Chairman Alicia Castañeda will propose the appointment of 29 public-interest directors to serve on the boards of the 12 Federal Housing Finance Board, not 82 as originally reported. There are a total of 82 public-interest directors that serve three-year terms, but their appointments are staggered so that only a third are appointed by the Finance Board each year. There are also several vacancies to fill.
Doxo plans to fight the FTC complaint, which focuses broadly on consumer finance, but there are signs of confusion about the company's role in mortgages too.
Members of the LGBTQ community were most likely to have experienced housing bias, according to a Zillow survey, which also found many people don't recognize how fair lending laws could help.
Senior executives making over $151,000 would still be subject to such clauses should the rule go into effect this year.
Christopher J. Gallo and his aide, Mehmet A. Elmas, allegedly withheld information in mortgage applications, hiding that borrowers were purchasing second home properties.
Mortgage rates rose 7 basis points this week, Freddie Mac said, and more increases are likely following a weaker than expected gross domestic product report.
Independent mortgage bankers lost the most money ever on every loan originated last year due to higher rates and lower volumes, an industry trade group said.
