“Mortgage rates dipped below 7.0% in June but that did little to spur purchase activity,” said Joel Kan, a vice president and deputy chief economist at the MBA.

The increase in mortgage applications was driven by refis.

HUD charged Rocket Mortgage and other entities with appraisal bias.

The Supreme Court's ruling striking down Chevron deference could prompt legal challenges to the CFPB's rules and alter the CFPB's rulemaking going forward.

As soon as July, FHFA plans to issue a proposed rule that would establish standards for the GSEs related to returns on capital for new single-family mortgage acquisitions.

The case is still pending a final decision, after an appeals court overturned a district court's dismissal of the lawsuit.

The proposal has some positives and some negatives for servicers.

The proposal includes six defect areas through the servicing life cycle and remedies for each defect area.

The meeting will help the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office as it considers policy options on title insurance.

The Mortgage Bankers Association applauded the Fed chair's comments revealing the plan.