People

A headline-grabbing 2022 lawsuit alleging racial bias by home appraisers has been quietly dismissed for lack of evidence. At the same time, the Trump administration is rolling back many of the policy changes involving home appraisals that the Biden administration put in place.

The longtime mortgage professional oversaw numerous modernization efforts at the Veterans Affairs mortgage department, and the creation of a post-pandemic foreclosure prevention program.

The shake-up comes as the company posted its third straight quarter of losses and seeks to develop new technologies and partnerships while putting behind its tumultuous recent past.

Planet Home embarks on retail branch growth, Aces promotes compliance leaders, rising fintechs add sales executives plus more mortgage moves.

Dominick Marchetti and Sean DeJulia, former Loandepot executives who helped develop the company's mello platform, are returning as chief digital officer and chief innovation officer, respectively.

The former Goldman Sachs executive was reportedly shot accidentally by a Las Vegas man targeting the National Football League.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency approached Habib regarding becoming a member of the Fannie Mae board of directors, with the appointment effective July 21.

Habib's placement on the Fannie Mae board comes after he criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in a Linkedin post.

The legislation is a direct response to HUD's effective elimination of the PAVE task force and comes amid ongoing debates over DEI policies in the federal government.

Rolling back PAVE signals a return to evidence-based housing policy and a rejection of flawed claims of systemic appraisal bias, say co-directors of the AEI Housing Center.