Builder confidence in the market for single-family homes rose five points in October to 37, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The current sales conditions index rose four points to 38, sales expectations in the next six months increased nine points to 54 and traffic of prospective buyers rose four points to 25.
House passes bills to streamline community bank reg burden
The TRUST Act and SMART Act would raise the threshold to $6 billion in assets for well-managed, well-capitalized banks to have less frequent exams, as well as streamlining the exam experience for qualifying banks under that threshold.









