The department's move is the latest HUD decision aligning with the Trump administration's deregulatory strategy that targets many ESG programs.

How challenges created by climate change and some regulations related to it can create new avenues for business according to Chief Credit Risk Officer of Planet Home Lending.

The public retirement fund, one of the biggest in the US, said four years ago it would review all of its fossil-fuel holdings as it sought to reduce investment risks linked to climate change.

A new "Social MBS" label will be applied to eligible single-family collateral from both government-sponsored enterprises based on a new mission index score.

A new label and disclosures for certain mortgage securities may create more of an impetus for lenders to extend credit to underserved populations.

The agency's president, Alanna McCargo, called the nonbank liquidity issue "the biggest of our time," while speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve Board governor said adopting policies on climate change are not necessary and risk hurting the central bank's credibility.

The Cleveland-based bank says it will submit to a racial equity audit conducted by an outside law firm, as Citigroup and Wells Fargo have previously done. The bank's decision follows a request that regulators investigate Key's mortgage lending practices for alleged redlining.

Scores will be assigned to all loan pools created since 2010, including future securitizations, and are expected to help investors determine the share of mortgages meeting specific characteristics.

Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives will help advance financial services firms' priorities, with a wish list that includes curbing ambitious proposals by a top markets regulator and diminishing the clout of a popular U.S. consumer watchdog.

Lawmakers approved the first $500 million for the program as a trailer bill to the fiscal 2023 budget. Bonds may be used to fill the gap.

New York Fed researchers found that banks operating in areas hit by tornadoes, floods and other calamities weren’t financially hurt by those disasters. That surprising result comes with significant caveats, however.

About 3.3% of loans in the deal fall into the 600-649 FICO bucket on the current Sunnova Helios VIII, 2022-A, compared with a 1.2% level in the 2021-C deal.

The North Carolina company has estimated the degree of exposure to flooding and hurricanes that exists in its mortgage and commercial loan books and has tallied its losses from severe storm damage in recent years. It’s one of a few regional banks to publish assessments based on the criteria of a global task force.

Join industry experts to explore how financial institutions can better prepare for future compliance issues associated with the evolving landscape.

Climate First Bank in St. Petersburg, Florida, is offering loans for condominium improvements that will reduce carbon emissions while fortifying buildings against serious weather events. More banks may implement similar programs in the years ahead.

The deal was constructed under Angel Oak’s social-bond framework, in which the firm intends to use the proceeds to help finance residential loans for underserved borrowers.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., warned the regional Federal Reserve bank that its papers about environmental, social and corporate governance policies hurt its ability to stay neutral on partisan issues.

The former property-assessed clean energy program administrator plans to sell off assets via Chapter 11, but PACE securitizations through its bankruptcy-remote trusts will continue to be backed by homeowner ad valorem assessments.

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