New home sales rebound in August

The FDIC released guidance with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Francine.

The FDIC released the results of its annual survey of branch office deposits for all FDIC-insured institutions as of June 30, 2024. The Summary of Deposits provides deposit totals for each of the more than 76,000 domestic offices...

ABA joined other associations in urging the FCC to require voice service providers quickly to implement a standard notification to advise banks and other businesses when their outbound calls have been blocked.

Three out of four major U.S. regions posted sales declines while the Midwest registered no change, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales also fell 4.2% from the previous year, down from 4.03 million in August 2023.

While mortgage rates do not directly follow the Fed's moves, the first cut in over four years will have an effect on the housing market, Freddie Mac economists said.

The new rules would require mobile wireless providers that originate text messages to block all texts from a particular source when notified by the FCC of illegal texts from that source, except under limited circumstances.