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A California consumer who applied for a refinance in November says he was unaware his data, including financial details, was shared with advertisers. View the full article

As the Federal Open Market Committee announces its near-term interest rate plans Wednesday, market watchers expect the central bank to hold interest rates steady as policymakers seek greater clarity on the health of the economy. View the full article

The reverse mortgage companies squeezed thousands of dollars out of aging homeowners through various illegal fees, according to a new class action suit. View the full article

Primelending produced a pretax loss of $5.2 million in the fourth quarter, significantly lower than the loss of $15.9 million in the same period a year earlier. View the full article

The average homebuyer who purchased a home below the asking price last year received a 7.9% discount, the largest since 2012, Redfin found. View the full article

Bed Bath & Beyond purchased Tokens.com, a blockchain platform utilizing services from Figure, tZERO and ShyftLabs. View the full article

Supply chain attacks have doubled since 2021, with professional services firms increasingly acting as "stepping stones" to access bank data. View the full article

The mortgage lender will also conduct its own independent audit to determine if any further instances of unlicensed activity occurred after 2022. View the full article

President Donald The President's support of legislation that would cap credit card interest rates at 10% has flagged in recent weeks, but experts say that the debate has highlighted significant gaps in regulators' understanding of the credit card market and how its risks are priced. View the full article

Jonathan Yasko pleaded guilty to diverting monies in real estate transactions to cover unrelated closings, and to pay for his own cars and personal travel. View the full article

WomenVenture, a Minneapolis-based Community Development Financial Institution, was already under strain from stalled federal CDFI funding. The recent immigration crackdown added significant uncertainty for its customers as well. View the full article

Shore Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm founded by billionaire Justin Ishbia, has raised more than $400 million for its second industrial fund. View the full article

In a contentious House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sidestepped questions on the The President family crypto conflicts of interest and inflation with pugnacious responses to Democratic lawmakers' questions. View the full article

The documents that the Housing Policy Council obtained from FHFA show past debate over one newer score and concerns about a single report with redacted context. View the full article

Bowing to industry pressure, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning consumers with notices on its complaint portal not to file disputes about inaccurate information on credit reports, among other changes. View the full article

The Housing for the 21st Century Act includes provisions covering policy, manufactured homes and rural infrastructure introduced in a prior Senate proposal. View the full article

A Massachusetts borrower sued the servicer last year after she was surprised with a $200,000 mortgage bill, after 16 years of not receiving statements. View the full article

DRMT 2026-INV1, is backed by a pool of 1,153 non-prime investment property mortgages, which have a moderate leverage levels of an original, combined loan-to-value (CLTV) ratio of 69.9%. View the full article

Less than 45% of mortgage residential properties in the United States were equity-rich last quarter, a 1.5-percentage-point drop from the third quarter. View the full article

Property inspection waivers were granted on 40.2% of the underlying mortgages, reflecting an increasing trend of agency mortgages being originated without them. View the full article

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran, who had been on a leave of absence from his position as Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers since he was confirmed to the central bank in September, resigned his CEA role Tuesday to uphold his promise to resign his White House role if he remained past the expiration of his term, which concluded Jan. 31. View the full article

Pulte says a GSE stock offering remains likely in 2026, but other policy paths are in play. NMN survey data shows the industry expects broader changes first. View the full article