Noticeably absent from the letter: the FHLBs of Chicago and San Francisco…

Kraninger also avoided making a commitment to defend the CFPB’s constitutionality...

Of course, there are some in the industry who will argue Fannie and Freddie are hardly zombie-like at all...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should adjust loan originator compensation rules to provide lenders with some flexibility, according to mortgage industry participants.

Republican and Democrat leaders of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee battled over minority requests for extensive documents about Kathy Kraninger, the Trump administration’s nominee to become the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “When issuing regulations, federal agencies must abide by constitutional principles and follow the rules set forth by the Congress and the President.”

The budget for the three advisory groups will be limited to $150,000 each per year.

The judges opined: "Indeed, the GSEs lost more in 2008 ($108 billion) than they had earned in the previous thirty-seven years combined ($95 billion). Yet the GSEs remained solvent.”

The court said Congress encased the regulator in layers of insulation, which limits the president’s power to remove and replace the FHFA director...

“We want to get more bidders involved,” said MBA’s Pete Mills…