Daily Dose

The topic of bubbles forming in the housing market is something that has been thrown around for quite some time. As home prices soar to new heights—with no sign of decline—housing bubbles appear to be popping up in many markets and may be here to stay.

"Too Big to Fail” was the prime topic of discussion at an oversight hearing for the Financial Stability Oversight Council in the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday.

America's most-talked about generation—millennials—are expected to impact the housing market heavily in 2016. As home prices in popular metros rise and affordability problems persist, this generation is expected to weigh other options in the near future.

Although overall job openings, hires, and separations were little changed at the end of October 2015 compared to the previous month, the construction and real estate and rental and leasing sector experienced some positive changes.

This year has been dubbed as one the best in terms of home prices and sales, especially during the spring and summer seasons. One competition that has been in the balance for all eternity is the contest between buyers and sellers. It's the age-old competition in the history of the housing market, but only one can ultimately have the power.

The Federal Open Market Committee will convene next week for the last time this year and are expected to sweep the industry will a change to the federal funds rate, something that has not been done since June 2006.

Now that the news has had a bit of time to marinate, some within the housing industry reacted by taking up alliances with lobbyist, while others went the opposite direction and questioned these higher-ups' motives.

Democrats have repeatedly vowed to fight any attempts by Republicans to roll back the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Now, one of them is taking it one step further.

The National Association of Federal Credit Unions, which represents federal credit unions, shared some of the pain points credit unions continue to deal with, while noting that consumer demand at credit unions is up year-over-year.

At the forefront of that charge is a group of high-level industry professionals that has moved back and forth between the public and private sectors since the housing crisis in 2008. Is a conflict of interest brewing?