The Senate has confirmed Geoffrey Bacino, a former credit union regulator and lobbyist, to be a director on the Federal Housing Finance Board, which oversees the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks.Mr. Bacino was an executive with Centrix Financial, which provides funding for subprime auto loans through credit unions, when he was nominated by President Bush to replace FHFB Director Franz Leichter, whose term has expired. He served one year on the board of the National Credit Union Administration in 2000. More than 1,000 credit unions are members of the FHLBank System.
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The Housing for the 21st Century Act includes provisions covering policy, manufactured homes and rural infrastructure introduced in a prior Senate proposal.
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Mortgage loan officer licensing saw its first rise since 2022 as Fannie Mae projects $2.4T in 2026 volume. Experts eye a market reset amid improving affordability.
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The FHFA chief told Fox an offering could be done near term - but may not be - while a Treasury official addressed conservatorship questions at an FSOC hearing.
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The secondary market regulator will formally publish its own rule on Feb. 6, after a comment period and without making changes to what it proposed in July.
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Bowing to industry pressure, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning consumers with notices on its complaint portal not to file disputes about inaccurate information on credit reports, among other changes.
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The mortgage technology unit at Intercontinental Exchange posted a profit for the third straight quarter, even as lower minimums among renewals capped growth.
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