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The cost associated with borrowing money to finance homes now appears more likely to remain stable rather than continuing to decline, which should eventually slow refinance activity.

The growing popularity of the company’s websites and apps has earned the company record profits during the fourth quarter, with adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $170 million, according to a statement on Wednesday.

The reduction currently under consideration by the Biden Administration would lead to even faster home price appreciation, especially in areas with moderate FHA presence, American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Director of Research Tobias Peter says.

House Financial Services Committee members were at odds over whether to have support for homeowners and the State Small Business Credit Initiative, both included the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, expire when the pandemic ends or later.

Interim CFPB Director Dave Uejio expressed concern that financial institutions have dragged their feet in resolving disputes with consumers for service issues during the pandemic.

Volumes should rise this year but it could become more difficult to get loans for certain property types, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

But the company sees reasons to be optimistic about the second half of the year, CEO and Chairman Michael Nierenberg said during its fourth quarter earnings call

Homeowners still deferring payments on federally backed loans as of Feb. 28 will be permitted to request an additional three months of relief.

Acting Director Dave Uejio wrote in a blog post that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau needs more time to consider rules that were finalized under the Trump administration but have not yet gone into effect.

The deal definitively ends a monthslong war of words between the data provider and stakeholders who attempted a hostile takeover.

Whether or not the cost of home loans go up may hinge on the labor market recovery, and right now bond yields suggest they are heading in one particular direction long term.

Steve Daines of Montana, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming are joining the panel for the 117th Congress.

The waivers to standard procedure will remain in place until December 2021.

After the agency pulled back on fair-lending enforcement in the Trump administration, interim Director Dave Uejio has made clear his intent to use the “disparate impact” standard to launch more anti-discrimination probes.

The plan is aimed at low- and moderate-income communities, and may enable 60,000 individuals and families to purchase homes, the bank said in a statement Wednesday.

The 2020 price increase was more than double 2019's and above CoreLogic's year-ago prediction, but its forecast for 2021 puts the pace at just one-third of last year’s.

The longtime senior advisor to the agency replaces Alfred Pollard, who retires in March.

January’s excess return came in at a level well above the trailing average for the month, thanks in large part to a helpful hand from the Federal Reserve.

A federal judge denied the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's motion to have the case thrown out, saying concerns about the agency's rulemaking process to reform the Community Reinvestment Act have merit.

The coalition, led by New York’s Letitia James and Minnesota’s Keith Ellison, argues that PHH Mortgage’s payment processing fees violate some state laws.