Politics

The Fed's interest rate hikes are meant to tame inflation, but the secondary impacts on housing could give the central bank a reason to pump the brakes.

The agency expects one in five borrowers to be eligible for the new pricing benefits.

The mortgage market is reeling from the central bank's strategy of raising rates and reducing its holdings of mortgage-backed securities. Lenders face the worst headwinds in more than a decade.

The delay acknowledges concerns some companies and trade groups have had about compliance with the requirement.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rules and enforcement actions to date could be open to legal challenges by banks and other companies after a three-judge panel deemed the agency's payday lending rule unconstitutional because of the way the agency is funded, legal experts say.

The Mortgage Bankers Association and Housing Policy Council are asking for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to make government-sponsored enterprise data available as part of the establishment of its new Office of Technology.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit overturned a lower court's ruling, declaring the agency's funding structure and its 2017 payday lending rule invalid.

A Wisconsin taxpayers group asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Biden's student-loan relief plan from taking effect, accusing him of usurping the power of Congress and costing taxpayers potentially more than $1 trillion.

The new product will be based on a recent revision to the Department of Veterans Affairs' handbook for lenders, according to the company.

The agency is currently using upper ceilings set in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.

The Federal Home Loan banks and their clients were well represented in the Federal Housing Finance Agency's recent "listening tour." The public, not so much.

Loan officers say that the platform discourages them from originating loans.

Sandra Thompson said millennials entering the homebuying market are used to immediacy and more must be done to streamline the homebuying process

Rising interest rates could force some community banks to fall below a critical capital threshold that the Federal Housing Finance Agency uses to determine eligibility for Home Loan bank advances.

The central bank has recently stepped up its efforts to reduce its balance sheet, but doing that without forcing a liquidity crunch requires careful planning.

Industry bankers and brokers have already contributed over $7 million to a close split of Democrats and Republicans, largely among members in Capitol Hill's banking and finance committees.

Dozens of community bankers and housing experts offered their opinions on the Federal Home Loan Bank System, the first review in nearly 100 years. But the insurers, nonbanks and megabanks that use the system the most were largely absent from the debate.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering financial incentives for lenders and servicers working with FHA loans, and seeks industry input on the challenges involved.

The Biden administration is setting the tone for new rules governing businesses' use of artificial intelligence, including in lending. Some call it a "toothless tiger," while others worry that it goes too far.

While broader counterparty rules were recently reworked in consultation with the industry, questions persist regarding one subset from the government bond insurer.