Two-year Treasury yields, which track expectations for monetary policy, steadied on Thursday at around 4.17% after shooting up 13 basis points Wednesday.

Guidance documents from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network heightening bank scrutiny of individual tax identification numbers in mortgage applications could discourage banks from issuing those kinds of loans.

The decline in non-owner occupied acquisitions came as sales fell overall due to high mortgage rates and bad winter weather in the Northeast, BatchData said.

The Federal Reserve weighs rising inflation and a growing economy against a truce in the Middle East and the rise of artificial intelligence in the first monetary policy meeting under new Chair Kevin Warsh.

State mortgage regulators are favoring fines over fair, balanced supervision, and need a coordinated overhaul, according to the head of the CHLA.

Newly minted Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will host his inaugural press conference on Wednesday. Bankers will be paying close attention to what he says — and how he says it.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's annual report to Congress asks for enforcement and referral powers beyond the limited ones it currently has.

HUD said its Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity has reduced a Biden administration case backlog by 27% and accelerated investigations.

Third-party originators support tightening some standards but say greater flexibility and coordination could help the market avoid disruption.

The government-sponsored enterprise has provided language that servicers may utilize in situations involving temporary interest-rate buydowns.

Balance sheet reduction is a top priority of new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Achieving that goal means avoiding the kinds of disruptions that roiled the Treasury bond market in 2019, the last time the central bank embarked on quantitative tightening.

Under the proposed rule, the definition of a manufactured home would allow upper floor sections to be transported and constructed without a permanent chassis.

Clayton, as US attorney for the Southern District of New York, heads the nation's most prominent federal prosecutors' office.

Federal prosecutors arrested and charged Mahender Makhijani, 44, with orchestrating a $100 million bank fraud against Western Alliance Bancorp.

A further reduction in single-family premiums is "definitely something to look at," said Frank Cassidy, who slashed some for multifamily while at HUD.

Banking Committee Democrats warned that the Trump administration's failure to nominate Democrats to vacancies at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Securities and Exchange Commission and National Credit Union Administration threatens the bipartisan structure Congress established for financial regulators.

The White House has nominated Brian Johnson, the former CFPB deputy and a veteran Capitol Hill staffer, to permanently lead the bureau.

Over three-quarters of the Wolters Kluwer Blue Chip Economic Indicators panel said the FOMC will ease eventually, but a growing number are now expecting a hike.

The larger opportunity, worth $10 million, focuses on tests that use robotics and AI to improve the manufacturing of factory-built housing.

The Federal Reserve governor warned in a speech Saturday that lower capital requirements and lighter supervision could create a credit 'sugar high' that could spur excessive risk-taking, with potentially significant long-term consequences.