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A former housing regulator confirmed that he anticipates a release from conservatorship would occur if Trump's elected, adding to other signs a plan is brewing.

The lender claims it's been the first player in the industry to raise the threshold for three years in a row.

Pricing talk includes yields ranging from 4.9% on the AAA, class A1 notes; 5.7% on the AA, class A2 notes; and 6.2% on the AA M1 notes.

Rising property values continue to buffer mortgagors against negative equity situations, Corelogic said.

Executives at the super-regional bank told investors that years of investments are poised to start paying off in rising profits, but the market seemed skeptical about the company's plan forward.

The penalty by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a major setback for the San Francisco bank, which was freed from a separate anti-money-laundering order in 2021. Its stock price fell sharply after the news broke.

A letter led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urges bank regulators to crack down on banking as a service, while another led by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., asks that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau more closely monitor buy now/pay later companies.

While large institutions might rank low in customer satisfaction, the institutions that can build up client trust are also likely to see consumers more likely to share personal data, a leading analyst said.

A combination of buy and sell-side issues led Mr. Cooper to slow down its mortgage servicing rights activity but executives may have a different view next year.

Homeownership affordability reached its lowest since at least 2006 in October, and still hovers near that level, according to an index from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said the action would "close the book" on the agency's investigation into the Sallie Mae spinout.

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell week-to-week by the largest amount since the start of August and are now almost a percentage point lower than a year ago, according to Freddie Mac.

Home lending professionals shared their thoughts on vendors, artificial intelligence and the most valuable solutions technology could give them in a new Arizent survey.

There's support for Reg X modernization, but both consumer and mortgage groups are concerned about language mandates, and the industry opposes fee restrictions.

The latest violations come as the bank expects to face more than $3 billion in regulatory fines for anti-money-laundering failures.

The latest inflation news is almost sure to result in a 25 basis point cut next week, but some are still hoping for 50 basis points, as well as reductions totaling almost 200 basis points through the end of 2025, Wolters Kluwer found.

The government agency's new issuances in August totaled over $40 billion, marking a high not seen since late 2022.

Lower inflation doesn't equate to lower prices, and costs of living may still be higher than pre-pandemic, especially rents. But the varying cooldown could help.

The regional bank has already seen a large reduction in "criticized" loans, and it expects that trend to pick up as lower borrowing costs alleviate the pain in the commercial real estate sector.

While the shelter-related increase won't deter the Fed from cutting interest rates, it reduces the chance of an outsize reduction.