The CFPB will focus its rulemaking efforts on implementing directives from the Dodd-Frank reform act over the next 12 months, according to the agency’s latest rulemaking agenda.

The CFPB is expected to limit the use of disparate-impact analysis under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, as the agency intends to rewrite the ECOA rule, according to attorneys tracking the issue.

On Wednesday, Freddie Mac will release third-quarter results...

The fact that these initiatives were ever approved by the FHFA angered critics of the government-sponsored enterprises…

Freddie CEO Don Layton: Some 90 percent of the credit risk on multifamily mortgages is being transferred…

If the CFPB issues a rule on disparate impact, there could be far-reaching implications, said Andrea Mitchell, a partner at Buckley Sandler…

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are questioning the logic behind a recent federal court ruling that appears to give investors in the government-sponsored enterprises’ stock a glimmer of hope in their legal battles with the federal government.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson had some sobering thoughts about low interest rates...

In contrast, Dallas has seen slowing demand for real estate loans...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hinted at possible future rulemaking on the use of the disparate-impact theory under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Attorneys said it would be a significant development in fair lending law.