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A federal judge agrees with plaintiffs that the Federal Trade Commission lacks authority to set rules on unfair competition.

Also, U.S. Mortgage Insurers appoints familiar face as chairman, while Incenter, Carrington, NFM Lending and Xactus find new C-suite executives.

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 latest headcount reduction impacted another office previously belonging to Computershare Mortgage Services, a servicing company Newrez acquired in May.

Heather Lovier, a veteran at the company with over two decades of experience, will be in charge of overseeing the entire homeownership experience within the organization.

Michael Drayne, an industry consultant who previously served as a senior vice president of strategic planning and policy at Ginnie Mae, will join HPC in July.

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Michael Saleh, former senior vice president at Rocket, opened up Zoom Home Lending in early June.

Leadership across all financial services was more likely to see a significant skills gap in today's workforce compared to the mortgage industry, according to Arizent's research.

Lown will be joining CoStar on July 1, three days after he leaves the same job at Freddie Mac.