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Federal Reserve officials at their meeting earlier this month concluded it would soon be appropriate to slow the pace of rate increases, signaling the central bank was leaning toward downshifting to a 50-basis-point hike in December.

Another fall in interest rates spurred a gain in activity, but volumes are still almost 70% off levels from 12 months ago, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Republican control of the House of Representatives means that CFPB could be sidelined for years, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors

Scores will be assigned to all loan pools created since 2010, including future securitizations, and are expected to help investors determine the share of mortgages meeting specific characteristics.

Also, LoanLogics sees changes at the top, the Mortgage Bankers Association promotes three and Synergy One, Falcon Capital name general counsels.

The decline in loan activity and softening prices also helped drive down builder sentiment for the 11th month in a row.

While rising rates buoy revenue for the country's largest banks, in the short term they also force them to write down the value of assets they hold on their balance sheet, exacerbating a capital squeeze that's prompted most of them to halt buybacks.

The agency failed to fulfill some watchdog recommendations and get reports related to "human capital" and diversity finalized, the annual analysis found.

A heated panel discussion sponsored by the Federal Housing Finance Agency raised questions about the funding, structure and mission of the Home Loan banks.

Easing interest rates pushed purchases up, with their average loan size also declining to its lowest point since early 2021, but refinances fell again.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is challenging a recent appeals court decision that its funding through the Federal Reserve Board violates the separation of powers doctrine. That ruling "threatens to inflict immense legal and practical harms" on financial regulation, the CFPB says.

Jumbo offerings continued to tail off, offsetting a small gain in the availability of government-backed loans, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

JPMorgan Chase's asset-management arm entered into a deal to acquire more than $1 billion of single-family rentals, a sign that choppy markets haven't scared investors away from suburban housing.

Martin Gruenberg has been acting chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. since February and is the longest-serving member of the FDIC board.

Bank regulators are considering a measure that would rewrite the rules implementing the Community Reinvestment Act. They should consider taking their existing rules seriously.

The Federal Reserve appeared closer to moderating aggressive interest rate increases after welcome news on inflation, with three officials backing a downshift even as they stressed that policy needs to stay tight.

Redfin Corp. is shuttering its iBuying business and laying off workers for the second time in almost five months, as the likelihood of a prolonged U.S. housing slowdown continues to ripple through the industry.

The company has incurred a combined $91.8 million in expenses in the past two quarters related to its massive cost-cutting plan, which included the layoff of thousands of professionals.

But refinances dwindled further and helped drive overall volumes to a slight decline last week.

Of 26 fired employees in a layoff round, 17 were either currently on paternity or maternity leave or planning to take it in the near future, according to the legal filing.