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The agency issued an advisory opinion warning that credit reporting bureaus and other entities using credit checks can no longer use disclaimers to bypass privacy protections.

The 30-year average has made a steep reversal over the past two weeks following a large acceleration in mid-June.

Average purchase-loan amounts shrank for the second week in a row and are currently 12% below their record size in March.

California counties must now work to remove decades-old racist language in property records that once banned people of color from buying homes in neighborhoods across the state.

Congressional authorization for credit-preference programs in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act could mitigate disagreements that might arise from the equitable housing finance plans, write two partners at K&L Gates.

Borrowers condemned the company's disclosures, which came six months after the incident and omitted details about the hack and subsequent investigation.

Although the Federal Housing Finance Agency did move ahead with a controversial upfront charge aimed at covering commingled securities risk, it also committed to exploring alternatives that would address concerns from trade groups.

One of the secondary market alternatives the Federal Home Loan Banks of Chicago and Indianapolis offer has a new servicing partnership with PHH, and interest in further cultivating their community lending potential is growing.

The 30-year average dropped for the first time in four weeks after surging more than 70 basis points earlier in the month.

In a new interpretative rule filed Tuesday, the agency gave states a green light to expand on federal laws that protect consumers from unfair treatment by credit reporting agencies.