The new rule codifies financial institutions’ existing obligations under the state antidiscrimination law.

President Trump wants Congress to enact a temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates, while CFPB actions seem to be causing rates to go up.

Senate Democrats urge CFPB to rescind ECOA proposal; federal court denies trade group’s challenge to the PACE rule; 22 state AGs seek partial summary judgment in a lawsuit against the CFPB.

Mergers caused deliveries of conventional mortgages from Rocket and Bayview to spike, reshuffling the leaderboard for GSE sellers. (Includes two data tables.)

FOIA documents reveal that in 2022 Fannie and Freddie business assessments determined that a single-bureau credit report would be inferior to either a tri-merge or a bi-merge.

The GSEs were already quietly adding MBS to their portfolios before Trump directed them to purchase $200 billion more. Investors may now be paying a price for that intervention.

The same braggadocio that drove GSE stocks higher early in the Trump administration now seems to be holding prices down.

Newly coordinated standards at the GSEs make it easier for certain factory-built homes to receive site-built financing.

The regulator’s financial statements followed GAAP accounting, but the analysis also revealed $32.9 million in costs associated with elimination of 216 employees.

Very-low-income homebuyers have another year to take advantage of the $2,500 credit available through the Home Possible mortgage program.