On March 22, Mel Watt said the FHFA would make a decision within 30 days on whether or not to offer principal reduction on mortgage loans. Some housing advocates don't want to wait that long, however.

The Fed noted in the minutes that “raising the target range as soon as April would signal a sense of urgency (FOMC participants) did not think appropriate.”

Fragmentation and overlap have resulted in inefficiencies and in inconsistent regulatory oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Government agencies have invested significantly in housing counseling since the crisis. Now technology is going to play a larger role in counseling moving forward.

In this installment of Ask the Economist, Genworth Mortgage Insurance Chief Economist Tian Liu offers his forecast for the housing market in the rest of 2016—and why he thinks inventory will pick up.

While delinquency rates were low, lease expirations trended higher; what effect did this have on vacancy rates in single-family rental securitizations?

For the second consecutive month, bankruptcy filings nationwide increased substantially.

Are consumer financial regulations put in place since the crisis helping or harming consumers? The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss.

The Federal Reserve has been disclosing results of “stress tests” each year since 2009 for the largest banks. Are they providing any new information? The New York Fed has the answer.

Martin Leigh PC, a full-service business law firm with two offices in Missouri and one in Kansas, has announced the hiring of Susan DeCoursey as Senior Attorney to the firm’s commercial litigation practice.