Despite pressure from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the embattled Appraisal Foundation tapped its longtime second-in-command to be its next president.

A series of changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act go into effect on March 26 that closes the so-called "lead generation loophole" for telemarketing calls and texts.

Loan officers expressed concerns about stepping on the toes of their referral partners.

The Justice Department and the CFPB are increasingly relying on emails among employees that contain discriminatory comments to strengthen their hand in cases against lenders.

The National Flood Insurance Program would ideally be approved yearly, but instead it has gone through 29 reauthorizations since 2017.

The change, which goes into effect April 1, delays when certain banks would have to change their assessment areas until 2026.

The questions about whether the Home Loan banks receive a public subsidy has been settled. All that remains is for lawmakers to take steps to redirect that subsidy toward public benefits rather than corporate profits.

Policy experts say the mix of proposals put forth by the White House could ease the nation's housing shortage, but success will be neither quick nor assured.

Industry veterans are wary of prospective borrowers who can't pay for agents, and of compensation guidelines clashing with government mortgage lending programs.

The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau summarized his findings from a yearlong probe into the Appraisal Foundation. He says the "lawmaking body" is not accountable to the public or market forces.

Among opportunities to be offered to the program's fifth class of startup entrepreneurs are bank-provided mentorships and sessions with technology leaders and regulatory experts within home finance.

The pending agreement won't significantly impact commissions payments themselves, attorneys for the association said.

Larger banks are responsible for a special assessment to cover the costs of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The price tag has ballooned by $4.1 billion, and trade groups are criticizing the FDIC's process, arguing that it lacks transparency.

The Congressional Budget Office put an estimate on the net government subsidy provided to the Federal Home Loan Bank System, including the so-called "implied guarantee," on bonds priced and sold to investors.

While some said the agency was ignorant of its own rules, one trade group praised the goals of the posting.

Home sellers accuse the corporate giant, which owns HomeServices of America, of making billions of dollars in ill-gotten gains in 2023 alone.

During a contentious exchange on his second day of congressional testimony this week, the Federal Reserve chair drew a line between the central bank's response to last year's bank failures and its current capital proposal.

The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized a pared-down version of rules governing climate-risk disclosure by public companies first proposed in March 2022. Experts say even the weakened rule will likely face challenges in Congress and the courtroom.

In congressional testimony, the Federal Reserve chair said the Board of Governors is processing the comments on its capital reform proposal. Putting forth an entirely new proposal is "very plausible."

The letter, which was sent to bank regulators, represents a further escalation of lawmaker criticism of the Basel III endgame proposal, and comes just as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to testify in the House Financial Services Committee.