State regulators are still in the early stages of considering changes to how the largest nonbank mortgage companies are supervised.

Stakeholders believe that while the new rules will reduce insurance costs, they will raise other costs, including for condo dwellers who don’t plan to buy, sell or refinance.

Latinos continue to lead homeownership gains, but the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has put a damper on demand, according to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

CrossCountry Mortgage has swooped in with a superior bid, prompting United Wholesale Mortgage to revise its bid for Two Harbors.

The attorneys general said the guidance threatens to cut complaint referrals and funding to state and local fair housing agencies that provide protections that go beyond the federal Fair Housing Act.

The platform will translate mortgage guidelines and operational policies into configurable, testable and auditable rules.

Flagstar offering warehouse loans through partnership; senator investigating FICO; Waters wants conference committee for housing bill.

A new executive order directs federal agencies to consider changing several major mortgage regulations in part to increase mortgage lending by smaller banks. Consumer advocates raised alarms.

The proposals would reduce capital requirements of banks in terms of mortgages held in portfolio and for mortgage servicing. Federal banking regulators said the goal is to help banks better compete with nonbanks.

Senate last week passed a revised version of legislation aimed at easing housing affordability. House leaders aren’t fully happy with the bill.