The new recurring "Most Valuable Companies" feature will "bring you inside looks at how individual organizations are pushing forward, driving innovation, and finding success even against the unprecedented headwinds."
Read More »CFPB Taskforce Examines Consumer Protections in Financial Marketplace
The Taskforce was chartered in January 2020 to study the existing legal and regulatory environment facing consumers and financial services providers.
Read More »Reports Highlight Rising Home Prices, Shrinking Homeownership Affordability
Two new data reports highlight increasing median home prices and decreasing affordable homeownership opportunities.
Read More »AmeriHome Revives Plans for IPO
The residential mortgage lender and servicer has revived its IPO plans with a blank filing, making it the first mortgage company to announce plans to go public in 2021.
Read More »Racial Inequality in Home Values is Narrowing
The home-value gap between communities of color and the typical American home remains pronounced, but a report from Zillow.com shows the disparity is shrinking. For Black- and Latinx-owned ...
Read More »Next Steps in Nonbank Mortgage Servicing Oversight
Improving safety and soundness in this sector requires more than "prudential regulation" according to housing advocates.
Read More »Pending Home Sales Report: Uptick in Contract Signings
Here’s what economists attribute the increase to, and why they describe the winter housing market as “incredibly swift."
Read More »Washington Leads States With Most Competitive Homebuying Cities
Relatively affordable Seattle-area suburbs top a new list of U.S. cities drawing the most competition among aspiring homeowners.
Read More »FHFA: Potential Changes for Appraisal Process
The agency has requested comment, and administrators say the feedback will inform how they will "modernize appraisals to improve both loan quality and the origination process."
Read More »Luxury Property Purchases Surpass Records
Low- and middle-income Americans "aren’t out of the woods when it comes to this recession," economists point out, but affluent Americans are, and they are driving record gains in the sales of top-dollar homes.
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