HUD housing counseling services help streamline the application process for borrowers, saving originators time and money, panelists said last week at MISMO’s spring summit in Boston.

The 2023 disparate-impact standard doesn’t align with the policy of the Trump administration and should be replaced by a 2020 version, the trade group said.

A coalition of more than two dozen affordable and fair housing advocacy groups urged FHFA and HUD to reverse course on staffing cuts and program eliminations.

Housing Secretary Scott Turner refuted the notion that the federal government would sell national park land for housing development.

Fannie’s Desktop Underwriter and Freddie’s Loan Product Advisor were both updated to include FHFA’s 2025 area median income figures. The changes affect eligibility for duty-to-serve and affordable housing programs.

In response to questions from Senate Democrats, nominees for HUD positions expressed views in line with the Trump administration’s restrictions on FHA loans for non-permanent residents.

The CFPB preserved several mortgage-related policy documents, as it undergoes a review of all previously issued guidance items under new leadership.

Fitch Rating's single-family rental securitization is no longer happening.

The preliminary injunction only applies to workers who live or work in Washington, DC, and the 19 states that sued the Trump administration over the mass layoffs of probationary employees at 18 federal agencies.

Terminated federal probationary employees will soon be offered their jobs back if they live or work in Washington, DC or one of the 19 states that sued the Trump administration.