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Industry trends since the Great Financial Crisis have sparked rising interest in private asset-backed finance.
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Higher mortgage rates will persist through 2026, affecting sales and refinancings. Those expectations led Fannie Mae to cut its volume outlook for the next two years.
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Fewer consumers applied for government-backed loans last week, with average interest rates for Federal Housing Administration loans stuck in the high 6% range.
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Senate Republicans would like to do a large bill on immigration and energy first and then tackle tax reform in a second bill. House Republicans prefer one large bill.
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Broward County in Florida has the highest property tax increase since 2019, at 56.80%.
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Cases involving accusations of redlining, kickbacks, underpaid employees and more swept across the mortgage industry in recent months.
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Fees falling outside of tolerances cost the industry more than $1 million per 1,000 loans, according to an ICE Mortgage Technology study from earlier this year.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a proposed version of the consent order on Jan. 17 and the company involved said it was finalized that day.
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Bright Financial denied the allegations that the company and its affiliates paid kickbacks to real estate brokers and agents in exchange for referrals.
January 21 -
Toronto-Dominion Bank is looking to adjust its balance sheet to comply with a new cap imposed by U.S. regulators, part of a plea agreement reached last year for its role in failing to prevent money laundering.
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Matthew Ammon served as interim secretary between January and March 2021, ahead of the confirmation of now-retired head Marcia Fudge.
January 21 -
Trump's pick for treasury secretary commits to a thorough and careful recapitalization and release process for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
January 21 -
President Trump reinstated a revised executive order from his first term that would make it easier for the White House to remove policy-facing federal employees — including Senior Executive Service employees. The National Treasury Employees Union sued the White House in response.
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Mortgage companies are looking for ways to open up credit to more borrowers, but insurance-cost spikes have made a difficult situation more challenging.
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Mortgage trade groups responded to the executive order by proposing potential solutions such as having the FHA cut the mortgage insurance premium and reining in third-party service providers.
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It's not an unthinkable notion. There have been a handful of attempts at systematically moving populations away from regions severely affected by climate change.
January 21 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s newly installed Acting Chairman Travis Hill issued a statement laying out his priorities for the agency, including reviewing and repealing Biden-era bank regulations, a softer approach to fintech and crypto and addressing so-called debanking.
January 21 -
Sunsetting the federal oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could ease the cost of renewing President Trump's 2017 tax act, but doing so is an uphill battle.
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Part one of five in a series: TRID and the regulatory landscape.
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