The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's overhaul of its Qualified Mortgage standard is alarming free-market advocates who say it will precipitate a return to easy credit and higher defaults and could disproportionately harm minorities.

What Jason Gardner, founder and CEO of Marqeta, has learned leading a 450-person fintech from home.

The company says it plans to originate 40,000 mortgages for Black and Hispanic households and finance 100,000 affordable rental units over five years.

Diversity initiatives for home appraisers would cut down the racism and bias within the valuation process.

The industry has long talked about embracing digital technology — but the time for talk may be over.

The Bond Buyer's Rising Stars Week continues as three members of the newly minted class -- Moody's Investors Service senior analyst Adebola Kushimo, Stifel director Roberto Ruiz, and Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates senior vice president Rachel Chang-Kwei -- join moderator Andrew Belinfanti-Knight, a managing director at UBS and a member of the inaugural Rising Stars class of 2016, for a discussion on diversity and inclusion in municipal finance.

There was an estimated total of 333,100 people on nonbank mortgage banker and broker payrolls in August, and that's the highest recorded since at least 2010.

The bar to prove discriminatory patterns is so high that plaintiffs would have slim odds of winning lawsuits against housing providers.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 2.

The class-action lawsuit claims the company used deceptive contracts, locking low-income Black homebuyers into disadvantageous long-term mortgages without proper lending disclosures.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact every aspect of life in Napa County, Calif., including housing prices, with many buyers wanting to flee the big city.

The donation will go through the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts in an effort to expand and diversify opportunities in the industry.

Home sales hit a 15-year high in Duluth, Minn., this summer even as inventory hit a 15-year low.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 25.

The agency’s report on mortgage data submitted by lenders identified persistent disparities between white borrowers and minorities in denial rates and pricing. Some observers say the bureau should have been more explicit as the nation wrestles with systemic racism.

Under fire for saying that the potential pool of talent is "limited," CEO Charlie Scharf issued a memo to employees Wednesday acknowledging that his words reflected his own "unconscious bias" and vowing to improve diversity in the bank's leadership.

Wells Fargo's top executive created a firestorm on social media over comments that the bank has had trouble meeting its diversity goals because there isn't enough minority talent.

FHA Commissioner Dana Wade offered a preview of ambitions she has for the Federal Housing Administration at a virtual event held by Women in Housing and Finance on Tuesday.