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The new cap of $88 billion per company tops this year's $73 billion limit, but keeps pace with multifamily mortgage volume growth in recent months. View the full article

The Justice Department subpoenaed a key witness in the case, questioning the conduct of Bill Pulte and Ed Martin. 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 administration has previously said the finalists are Fed Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman, former Governor Kevin Warsh, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and BlackRock Inc. executive Rick Rieder. View the full article

The Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a final rule Tuesday that softens leverage demands for the biggest and most systemically risky banks and lowers the community bank leverage ratio to 8%. View the full article

An expanded data set based on the third quarter annual price changes is what U.S. Federal Housing uses to calculate next year's conforming loan limits. View the full article

The New York Stock Exchange disclosed the news on Monday of the sudden passing of its head of International Capital Markets. View the full article

The Mortgage Bankers Association's index of home-purchase applications jumped 7.6% to 181.6 in the week ended Nov. 21, data from the group showed Wednesday. View the full article

House Democrats argue that HUD's cut to the Continuum of Care Program could push 170,000 people to homelessness. View the full article

Years ago, the Federal Housing Administration helped finance thousands of loans for manufactured housing. An effort to restart that program would help millions of Americans afford their own homes. View the full article

Recent high-profile ethics violations by senior Federal Reserve officials, including new revelations concerning stock trades by former Fed Gov. Adriana Kugler, have sparked debate over the effectiveness of the central bank's oversight, even as some observers stress such cases remain rare. View the full article

Non-banks tracked by Morningstar DBRS reported combined net income of $367 million for the third quarter, down from $807 million three months prior. View the full article

After three consecutive weeks of increases, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped 0.3 basis points to 6.23% this week, according to Freddie Mac. View the full article

If cumulative loss or a delinquency trigger event is in effect, then the deal will distribute principal among the class A notes before any principal allocation the class M1 or class B certificates. View the full article

Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has refused to request funding from the Federal Reserve System, many experts see the case making its way to the Supreme Court. View the full article

A consumer retreat contributed to the trend, which may be getting a closer look as the The President administration weighs a ban on institutional purchases. View the full article

A handful of former Fed officials noted that the markets' measured response to a probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell was a result of pushback from The President allies. View the full article

The industry vendor SitusAMC has not publicly disclosed how many consumers, nor how many banks and lenders, were impacted in a cyberattack last fall. View the full article

A pair of fair housing attorneys fired by the Department of Housing and Urban Development testified the agency has stopped enforcement of those laws. View the full article

NAHB's remodeling index finished at its highest mark in a year, with the current industry outlook standing in stark contrast to homebuilder sentiment. View the full article

Confidence among US homebuilders unexpectedly fell in January, as costly sales incentives outweighed a recent boost from lower mortgage rates and the president's housing proposals. View the full article

A Community Home Lenders of America adds arguments against use of single bureau while another paper takes the position that the idea merits further study. View the full article

Freddie Mac's investment in affordable housing increased by 17% in 2025 compared with the year prior, the government-sponsored entity said. View the full article