Lawmakers’ efforts to chip away at the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act have come almost exclusively from the GOP side of the aisle—until now. The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed H.R. 4096, a bipartisan bill, by ...

The CFPB has proposed a ban on the use of arbitration clauses that prevent consumers from bringing class action suits against businesses. A coalition of more than 160 groups, including AFL-CIO and NAACP, wants the Bureau to take the rule even further, however.

Just when the homeownership rate seemed to be on its way back after falling to a 48-year low in the second quarter of 2015, it took another step backward on Thursday. One particular demographic, however, is experiencing a dramatic increase ...

Carrington Real Estate Group has been listing, managing, and selling institutional residential properties since 2008.

Inconsistencies in the economy during the first quarter have not dampened Freddie Mac’s forecast for housing for the coming year. Freddie Mac has held fast to its prediction that 2016 will be the best year for housing since before the crisis. Freddie Mac ...

Affordable monthly mortgage payments, positive home values, and competition are attracting first-time homebuyers to these 10 markets.

In an attempt to prevent banks and other financial institutions from the excessively risky practices that led to the financial crisis and Great Recession, financial industry regulators are seeking comment on a proposed rule that would implement Section 956 of ...

Speaking at a roundtable-style event in a donut shop in New Haven, Connecticut, over the weekend, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton addressed the audience about various current hot button topics, one of which was the housing crisis. Clinton said that ...

While the outlook for overall economic growth is darkening, the housing market is expected to keep up its momentum in 2016, according to Freddie Mac’s April 2016 Economic Outlook released on Friday. Freddie Mac downwardly revised its forecast for Q1 GDP growth ...