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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 26.

In the most sweeping capital distribution order since the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve says it will prohibit big banks from buying back their stock in the third quarter and limit dividend payments to second-quarter levels.

Home sales in May fell sharply in Flagler and Volusia counties in Florida as the coronavirus pandemic continued to put a damper on the local real estate market.

But the coronavirus put a hold on the market in April and remains an overhanging cloud for the future.

The government-sponsored enterprises had been considering tightening counterparty requirements for nonbanks, but in light of COVID-19's spread, they've reconsidered that.

The Mortgage Bankers Association points to better lender diversity and a stronger housing finance network as reasons for its support.

With just 13 decisions remaining on the docket this session, the high court's highly anticipated ruling in a case challenging the agency's leadership structure could come as early as next Monday.

Mortgage rates were flat this week and remain near all-time lows, according to Freddie Mac. But significant numbers of borrowers remain unable to take advantage of them.

Central Ohio home sales fell 21% in May compared with the previous year, but climbed a bit from a horrific April, as the real estate industry continues to wrestle through coronavirus.

An imminent high court ruling about the independence of the bureau's director, coupled with an election victory for Joe Biden, could doom a plan to extend GSEs' exemption from tough debt-to-income requirements on mortgages.

For banks with assets between $10 billion and $100 billion, the average exposure is 165% of capital.

The shutdown imposed by the coronavirus pandemic may have caused an abrupt drop in the real estate business, but early indications show the recovery will come just as quickly.

The mortgage company will provide up to $17 million in forgiveness to settle charges that modifications it applied to distressed government-related loans were not in keeping with state servicing regulations.

Video conferencing might replace some in-person meetings even after people can go back out on the road again.

Even as interest rates remained at record-low levels, mortgage application activity for both purchases and refinancings declined compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Single-family home sales in Tampa Bay plummeted in May at rates much higher than even April's year-over-year declines as the pandemic continued to stunt the market, according to new figures released by Florida Realtors.

The outbreak has completely upended whatever expectations the industry had heading into 2020. Here's key areas that have been shaped by the pandemic, some potentially forever.

A new CFPB rule will expedite the forbearance and loss-mitigation process for consumers suffering financial hardship from the pandemic.

With more real estate and mortgage companies moving to a digital process, volume expectations in the face of coronavirus restrictions shot way up in May compared to April.

For potential higher-end homebuyers, the pandemic was merely a pause, but for those seeking affordable properties — often people of color — it created yet another barrier.