The CFPB plans to dismiss its case against Townstone and reverse a settlement the parties reached last year.

FHFA's move alleviates industry concerns of duplicative oversight of lender compliance with unfair or deceptive acts or practices requirements.

FHFA Director Bill Pulte is posting pictures of printed memos on X to announce FHFA policy changes.

David Brickman, the CEO of Freddie Mac from 2019 to 2021, argued that 16 years of conservatorship have increased inefficiencies at the GSEs.

The policies established during the Biden administration aimed at addressing bias in appraisal practices.

“The CDFI Fund is a targeted, accountable and impactful program that enables private capital to do more for more Americans,” industry trade groups wrote.

“Fannie and Freddie should maintain their affordable housing footprint, including condo, investor and second home loans — without volume caps or fee increases unrelated to risk,” CHLA said.

Following a court order, the CFPB disclosed this week that it reinstated 117 probationary employees then immediately placed them on administrative leave.

Christopher Stanley, a security engineer at SpaceX, is the first member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to join a GSE board.

In recent weeks, the Trump administration took steps to restore complaint processing efforts at the CFPB.