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Commercial real estate and cybersecurity risks remain potential vulnerabilities for the U.S. financial system, the Office of Financial Research said in its annual report to Congress. The report also identified “data gaps” that could complicate projections.

FHA has extended by six months the compliance deadline for a new rule removing the face-to-face meeting requirement for certain mortgagees amid concerns about how the policy would be implemented.

The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.84% this week. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.02%.

Existing home sales increased 3.5% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.96 million, the National Association of Realtors reported. Sales rose 2.9% from a year ago. The median existing-home sales price rose 4% from a...

Middle market businesses don’t get the attention of the Fortune 500 or the love that small businesses get from policymakers, but these firms are still critical to the economy — accounting for a third of private-sector GDP and...

Credit demand remained stable in 2024 but consumers reported higher rejection rates and said they are less likely to apply for credit in the near future, according to the New York Fed’s most recent Credit Access Survey.