Contracts, Invoices & Legal

In its so-called quarterly refunding statement Wednesday, the Treasury department said it anticipated keeping auction sizes unchanged for nominal notes, bonds and floating-rate notes, "for at least the next several quarters." View the full article

A Georgia resident filed the suit after receiving two unsolicited calls from the lender in October even though her number appeared on the Do Not Call registry. View the full article

Independent mortgage bankers were in the black for each loan originated during the third quarter, as low rates brought an application surge in September. View the full article

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the new oath was necessary because prior leadership engaged in what it describes as "thuggery" during exams. Former CFPB officials rejected the agency's characterization of past actions. View the full article

The government-sponsored enterprise took its first look at what new loan volume might be like in two years and found it could rise closer to pandemic levels. View the full article

Nearly 85,000 sellers removed their properties in September, the highest number for that month in eight years, according to Redfin. View the full article

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its union filed legal briefs Friday after a district court judge asked if a preliminary injunction aimed at preventing a mass layoff is still in effect. View the full article

Gallego introduced legislation to amend the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program in order to funnel more money into the construction and rehabilitation of homes. View the full article

Hildene, which partners with Crosscountry Mortgage for non-QM securitizations, is doing this deal as part of its buy of an annuity provider, SILAC. View the full article

New rules means sellers and servicers will need to have plans demonstrating proper oversight of their artificial intelligence and machine learning practices. View the full article

With the Federal Reserve decision largely factored in, Jerome Powell's comments on future outlook is more likely to influence the housing market. View the full article

This year Point has funded more than $2 billion in home equity investments to more than 20,000 homeowners nationwide. View the full article

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said in statements Friday that their dissents from this week's interest rate decision were spurred by inflation concerns and a lack of sufficient economic data. View the full article

Hartford, Connecticut, topped Zillow's list of the hottest housing markets this year on the back of its nation-leading home-price appreciation forecast. View the full article

Treasuries sold off sharply after reports Danish pension funds are exiting, steepening the yield curve as stocks fell and gold surged, according to the CEO of IF Securities. View the full article

Mortgage delinquencies increased across loan types, and while 30-day late payments showed overall improvement, later-stage distress worsened. View the full article

The lender announced a partnership with Framework Ventures that aims to provide $500 million in credit through an integration into the Sky stablecoin ecosystem. View the full article

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran said it is too early to judge how U.S. involvement in the war with Iran will affect inflation and monetary policy. View the full article

Lenders and condo market stakeholders are raising concerns that new GSE rules ending limited reviews and tightening reserve requirements could raise costs and limit access. View the full article

Being a diversified global bank, Goldman Sachs was "broadly seen favorably as a relatively safe haven type of credit," said Tony Trzcinka, an investment grade portfolio manager at Impax Asset Management. View the full article

Company team members, including those in affiliated business arrangements, will be eligible; real estate and joint venture agent partners will not be. View the full article

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's support for the market lessened the impact, as could bank capital reform, and the company's normalized results outperformed. View the full article

"In looking at eight currently available proprietary RM products, there is a distinct relationship between HECM growth rates and proprietary product availability," Reverse Market Insight said. View the full article

Here are the 50 women who did the most dollar volume for the previous 12 months in this year's Top Producers survey. View the full article

Executives from Guild and NewRez discussed the steps they are taking as participants in the pilot phase of the roll out of VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T. View the full article