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Community bankers are launching a last-ditch effort to push the Senate this year to pass more than a dozen bipartisan regulatory relief bills that have already cleared the House with support from both parties.

National Credit Union Administration board member Rick Metsger said a Federal Housing Finance Agency proposal to restrict Federal Home Loan Bank membership could give banks an unfair advantage over some smaller credit unions.

Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the new One World Trade Center is poised to open soon, bringing back memories of a horrific day and hope for a future in which things carry on.

Mortgage rates increased slightly during the week ending Sept. 11, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.

Mortgage applications to buy a new home decreased 9% in August compared to the prior month, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Common sense underwriting, a regulatory system that abides by contract law, and borrowers who consider homeownership a privilege, not an entitlement, make Canada perfect for private -label residential mortgage-backed securities.

Interest rate risk. Demanding regulatory and GSE standards. Shifting demographics. These are among the reasons that lenders will have a hard time balancing the call for affordable home loans with legal and market realities.

Homebuyers had to put slightly more money down on a conventional 30-year fixed-rate mortgage during the second quarter, reversing an 18-month downward trend, according to LendingTree.

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