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The median monthly payment amount for new purchases moved higher for the first time in six months, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Wall Street behemoth joins investors such as Peter Thiel in backing Pylon, which helps originate mortgages through automation and provides interim financing to its customers until the loans reach the capital markets.

The Department of Justice suggested that new buyer broker agreements resulting from a National Association of Realtors settlement may violate antitrust laws.

The unusual nature of a recent lawsuit from the Department of Justice has put a multi-billion-dollar industry in the position of deciding either to violate federal law or run afoul of the DOJ, writes the former Chief Legal Officer of Research In Motion Ltd.

Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent had been the betting favorite to take the reins at Treasury. Scott Turner, a former congressman and NFL player, will lead the housing agency.

Turner served as executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council previously.

In its latest financial stability report, the Federal Reserve warned high equity valuations and low levels of liquidity could leave the financial system vulnerable to shocks.

The development is the latest in an ongoing series of initiatives the Department of Housing and Urban Development has introduced to encourage growth of the factory-built construction segment.

A federal court ruled the plaintiff wants "sweeping reforms the court is powerless to give."

The North Carolina-based bank rolled out a multiyear program to provide loans, investments and philanthropic support to communities in the western part of the state.

The SEC chair's ambitious agenda drew fierce resistance from Wall Street and the crypto industry.

Existing efforts to reform the Federal Home Loan Bank System may look dead on arrival in a Trump administration, but the proposed Department of Government Efficiency may not be able to resist such low-hanging fruit.

Amid steady customer growth, USAA's banking arm failed to make the investments necessary to satisfy either its regulators or some decades-long customers. Changes in the executive suite haven't fixed the problems.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has significantly raised the transaction threshold for its larger participant rule — which defines which firms will be affected — from 5 million annual payments to 50 million.

The Federal Reserve governor said the Supreme Court ruling could bring needed transparency and efficiency to regulatory policymaking.

Both purchases and refinances came in higher, with government-backed lending providing momentum, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Gruenberg, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s longest-serving board member, will step down in January, marking the end of an era after nearly 20 years on the agency's board of directors.

Pennymac alums find new home, Dark Matter names CEO, Optimal Blue promotes from within, plus more mortgage industry moves.

The government-sponsored enterprises are increasing their apartment loan limits next year even though market volumes have been well below the current ones.

The bureau suggested this week that states should remove the exemptions banks enjoy from data privacy laws. California is a prime candidate to act.