Pending home sales increased 1.8% in May from the prior month, the National Association of Realtors said. All four U.S. regions experienced month-over-month increases. Year over year, pending transactions were up 1.1%.
The OCC should proactively support responsible community bank digitalization through transparency, information sharing and meaningful dialogue with stakeholders, ABA said.
According to the report, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 60,592 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prepare proposals to allow cryptocurrency to count as an asset for a mortgage.
New orders for manufactured durable goods increased $48.3 million or 16.4% in May to $343.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its most recent advance report.
Real gross domestic product decreased at an annual rate of 0.5% in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Commerce Department’s second estimate.
The Federal Reserve released the agenda for its July 22 conference on “the key pillars” of the regulatory capital framework for large banks.
