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Maxex named a new chief financial officer, Lennar elevated Jim Parker to chief operating officer and U.S. Mortgage Insurers appointed a new board chair.

The first bipartisan, bicameral housing compromise includes a suite of community banking provisions long sought by the industry.

Newly minted Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will host his inaugural press conference on Wednesday. Bankers will be paying close attention to what he says — and how he says it.

Rithm and UWM Holdings are the favorite names among publicly traded lenders, while BTIG adds coverage of Better Home & Finance at a buy rating.

A California appellate court reversed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit over CrossCountry's alleged 2021 raiding of a Seattle-area branch.

An index of overall market conditions from the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo fell 2 points to 35 this month, according to data released Monday, lower than the 37 anticipated by economists in a Bloomberg survey.

Balance sheet reduction is a top priority of new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Achieving that goal means avoiding the kinds of disruptions that roiled the Treasury bond market in 2019, the last time the central bank embarked on quantitative tightening.

Lawmakers from both parties defended regional Federal Reserve banks against potential consolidation, arguing local economic perspectives are essential to ensure monetary policy remains sound.

Even though the SAFE Act does not require AI loan officers licensing, other laws, as well as regulators, still look for a person to be responsible.

OneTrust Home Loans says its employees secretly used Floify to funnel loans to brokerage E Mortgage Capital, which were then funded by the wholesale giant.

For the fifth time in the past seven weeks, mortgage rates moved higher, Freddie Mac reported, as consumer prices keep rising due to the Iran conflict.

Banking Committee Democrats warned that the Trump administration's failure to nominate Democrats to vacancies at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Securities and Exchange Commission and National Credit Union Administration threatens the bipartisan structure Congress established for financial regulators.

South and Sunbelt cities, once pandemic seller markets, now favor buyers

The number identifying it as such is significant, but not universal, as servicers also face product-specific challenges and determine whether and how to use AI.

Originators slightly loosened credit for conventional and jumbo products in May but they've held steady after larger growth to begin the year.

Approximately 54% of homeowners looked to a second lien product to access their home's stored value in the first quarter due to the "lock-in effect."

The Federal Reserve governor warned in a speech Saturday that lower capital requirements and lighter supervision could create a credit 'sugar high' that could spur excessive risk-taking, with potentially significant long-term consequences.

Mortgage lenders play a crucial role in divorce. Experts explain how to navigate decree language, assumability and tax pitfalls before it's too late.

A proposal from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to reshape the CAMELS rating system, which, combined with other related policy moves, are teeing up a sea change in the way banks and their federal supervisors go about their respective businesses.