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The leading homebuilder trade group was joined by a consortium of state attorneys' general in the filing, alleging higher costs to both its members and potential buyers of new units.

The regulator said users had trouble finding information like tenant rights and contact information for local government housing offices.

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

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.

Some recipients of the new multimillion-dollar funding announced this week include several organizations partnering with historically Black colleges and universities.

The government agency also finalized a rule that will bring virtual home buyer counseling services to consumers.

Institutional investors have an opportunity to "do well while doing good" while advancing a flagship public/private partnership model writes the Chief Growth Officer of Rocktop.

Nikitra Bailey, EVP at the National Fair Housing Alliance, says communities of color are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because of prior redlining practices. She explains that a HUD rule could make a big difference.

The plan from the Heritage Foundation, a group the first Trump administration was largely in line with, would shutter CFPB, break up HUD and raise FHA premiums.

Local governments must use funds to address hurdles in zoning, financing and infrastructure to produce new units and preserve others.

The Massachusetts House passed a bill that would ease the process for property owners looking to build accessory-dwelling units.

New notices pointed out how large learning models could lead real estate businesses to unintentionally violate the Fair Housing Act in a marketing campaign.

The Federal Housing Administration removed housing finance firms from the list of permitted interested-party contributors in a new reverse-mortgage rule.

Prevention through new building standards and mapping technology aim to keep home insurance rates down but mortgage bankers see challenges.

In a Senate hearing, Director Sandra Thompson said a raise to the required income threshold provided to affordable housing was on the table, while housing regulators also faced questions related to property insurance hikes and title insurance waivers.

The government mortgage-bond guarantor will require additional information on foreclosure prevention actions, and retire some forbearance reporting.

The new expiration for waivers, which is now set for a date after November, adds uncertainty about the fate of a proposed policy that would replace the temporary, pandemic-era servicing rules.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development agency warned in an online notice that issuers with prepayments exceeding certain limits could face sanctions.

Since the launch of vacant-loan sales, a majority have come from properties located in 10 states, HUD reported.

A legal action accuses the department of not automatically refunding mortgage insurance premiums when a borrower terminates their FHA-insured mortgage early.