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Goldman Sachs is approaching the billion-dollar mark for mandated consumer-relief actions stemming from two mortgage-related settlement agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and three states. Professor Eric D. Green, who serves as independent Monitor for the company’s consumer-relief agreements, ...

Speaking at an industry conference this week, Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, outlined the bureau’s ongoing shift away from “regulation by enforcement” and toward more regulatory clarity. During a keynote speech at the 2018 REALTORS ...

Single-family rents have been climbing steadily since 2010, but the latest edition of the CoreLogic Single-Family Rental Index (SFRI) also shows year-over-year (YOY) rent growth also continuing to decelerate in February 2018. That slow deceleration has been the norm since ...

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that it was nominating Michael R. Bright as President of the Government National Mortgage Association, otherwise known as Ginnie Mae. If confirmed, Bright would be the agency’s first permanent head since Ted Tozer stepped ...

Discovering why homeowners choose to remodel can reveal unexpected insights into attitudes and expectations about the current housing market. According to the latest Remodeling Market Index (RMI), released quarterly by the National Association of Home Builders, the number of homeowners ...

Whether consumers are hunting for their perfect house or just trying to find a place to rent, affordability is a key factor in determining if it’s time to settle down or move elsewhere. With so many students burdened by crippling ...

As EVP, Housing Policy & Homeownership Growth Strategies for Wells Fargo Home Lending, Blackwell, who will retire in September has focused his work on enabling sustainable homeownership.

Nearly 30 homes have been destroyed, and more are in the path of potential destruction since the Hawaiian volcano known as Kīlauea began pouring lava down its slopes on May 3, 2018. Now several lenders, including Wells Fargo and Bank ...

HUD has announced it will be seeking public comment on whether its 2013 Disparate Impact Regulation is consistent with a more recent 2015 Supreme Court ruling that clarifies liability as it pertains to disparate impact claims. "HUD remains committed to ...

At the height of the financial crisis in 2008, there were some people who bought or invested in condos in New York City, believing those investments would pay off in the long run. It turns out, they were right, according ...