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Once regulatory clarity emerges, the home equity investment space will attract more investors and potential new originators, a panel of industry experts said.

The personal consumption expenditures index showed headline inflation flat at 2.5%, but the details of the report explain the Federal Reserve's reluctance to adjust interest rates.

Perspective homebuyers with work visas, asylum seekers and DACA recipients seeking the government-backed mortgage will be impacted by this sweeping change.

The typical homebuyer's monthly mortgage payment reached a record high, up 5.3% year-over-year, but consumers are putting more money down, adding to equity.

The most tangible concern is in the commercial real-estate market. But the rating agency's crystal ball is cloudy when it comes to single-family home loans.

Dugan is replacing Rich Gagliano, who is moving to executive chairman after 18 months in charge of the now stand-alone mortgage technology provider.

The Senate Banking Committee considered the nomination of Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose track record on deregulation in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis was questioned by Democratic lawmakers. Lawmakers also considered the nomination of Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Luke Pettit for a key bank regulatory role at Treasury.

Royal Bank of Canada executives said they plan to start originating more mortgages in the United States, and they indicated that they may ditch the City National Bank brand.

The homeowner who filed the suit claims he now owes over $160,000 in fees on a second mortgage, which was discharged in 2007.

Uncertainty is ruling the markets that are used to set mortgage rates and as a result, they remained in the same tight range since the start of the month.

Rising pessimism about how the Trump Administration is handling the economy in its early days is spreading into the housing market, a Clever RE survey found.

Here's what mortgage professionals should know about Rocket's rebranding, its $1.75B play for Redfin, dropped CFPB lawsuit and more.

The top five insurance companies have an average homeowners market share of 9.15% as of December 31, 2024.

In a paper, former central bank researchers make the case that the Federal Reserve could better support the Treasury market from disruptions in the cash-futures basis trade by hedging its asset purchases.

The company turned to automation to address pain points it found in working with lines of credit that mortgage lenders are increasingly originating.

FHFA director Pulte called these programs inappropriate for regulated entities, which are in government conservatorship, but said others are still able to offer them.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a federal judge to vacate and set aside a settlement against a Chicago mortgage lender, accusing the CFPB of misconduct in a case brought under former Director Kathy Kraninger, a Trump appointee.

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took a measured approach to developing the international capital standards, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., who chairs the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, called the CFPB under the Biden administration and former Director Rohit Chopra an "Orwellian predator."