A broad coalition of industry groups say FHFA’s current timeline is too short for the scale and complexity of the transition.

It got 14 votes from House Democrats, but the Republican-sponsored Middle-Class Borrower Protection Act is unlikely to make it to the Senate.

Comerica’s exit from the warehouse market is still ringing in the ears of nonbanks. Enter the MBA, whose CEO seems a bit concerned but views the situation as “market forces at work.”

More than 90% of homeowners with mortgages have loans with interest rates well below prevailing rates. That provides a strong incentive to stay put.

The top five lenders in the first quarter — four nonbanks and a large regional bank — reported a combined 7.7% decline in mortgage production from the previous period. That was roughly half the rate of decline in the overall market. (Includes two data charts.)

The Supreme Court agreed to take a case this week involving liability under the Fair Credit Reporting Act for a mortgage from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service.

For the third consecutive month, mortgage credit availability declined, with some products reaching their lowest levels in a decade. It’s only expected to get worse as lenders worry about the economy.

UnidosUS said a new initiative will use policy advocacy and ground-level services such as housing counseling to close the Latino homeownership gap.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said the mortgage market would see severe disruption if the Supreme Court finds the bureau’s funding structure unconstitutional.

The increase in usage of home equity lines of credit suggests that consumers are facing some financial difficulties, the NCUA has warned.