Many of the borrowers facing the end of their forbearance plans are struggling financially. Servicers say they’re ready to help, and for those who can’t resume payments there’s home price appreciation to bank on.

Progressives call on Biden to pick Sandra Thompson, the first African American and the first woman to head the agency, for the top position. Not incidentally, she may also be the most qualified for the job.

The Department of Labor is developing a temporary standard that will require employers with 100 or more employees to ensure all workers are vaccinated against COVID or show a negative test at least once a week.

As federal regulators consider ways to oversee how mortgage lenders disclose climate change risk to borrowers, industry participants warned of unintended consequences if the rules aren’t carefully crafted.

The industry trade group has announced a new policy initiative to help minority families build generational wealth through homeownership.

Lenders looking to incorporate climate risk indicators into their risk models are flummoxed by the plethora of unproven options.

The changes would reduce Fannie’s and Freddie’s capital requirements and increase incentives to issue CRT transactions.

The mortgage giant last week announced its first-ever cash tender offer for its signature CRT product — Structured Agency Credit Risk debt notes.

Homeowners in manufactured housing communities will no longer have to relocate their house before selling it. Also, the seller will have the right to sublease the pad site to the new owner.

A sharp drop in bank mortgage repurchases from the first to the second quarter was due mostly to one institution: USAA Federal Savings Bank. (Includes data chart.)