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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.

Eight of the nine voting members on the Financial Stability Oversight Committee will testify Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee, and over at The Hill, the argument is made that GSE reform has to run through FSOC. The Hill looks at the gauntlet ahead.

CoreLogic's SVP for Government and Public Affairs Faith Schwartz was recently elected to be the new Chair of the Hope LoanPort (HLP) Board of Directors. Schwartz has been a member of CoreLogic's team since 2013, with the mission of building business and relationships with the government, non-profits, think tanks, and universities. She is based in Washington, D.C.

Guardian Mortgage recently added Donna Greiner as SVP of Correspondent Lending in its Plano, Texas office. Greiner's mortgage career inlclude over 25 years' experience in loan origination, affiliated business arrangements, multi-state lending, construction lending, and multi-state REO sales.

Move, Inc., operator of Realtor.com recently appointed Suhail Ansari as Chief Technology Officer, where he will be responsible for overseeing the company's technology strategy. At Move, which is a subsidiary of News Corp., Ansari will focus on accelerating innovation to empower people by making all things home simple, efficient, and enjoyable.

Wells Fargo & Company recently announced that Timothy J. Sloan will now serve as President and COO, reporting to Chairman and CEO John G. Stumpf. Sloan has been with Wells Fargo for 28 years, and since 2014, he has served at the head of Wholesale Banking—a role he will remain in. Prior to this position, he was Wells Fargo's CFO from 2011 to 2014.

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.

Lending.com, a lending-as-a-service platform recently appointed Liz Verrier as General Counsel. According to the company, in her new role as Lending.com's Chief Legal Officer, she will provide legal guidance to their board of directors and upper-level management.