CFPB Offers HMDA Reporting Relief for Smaller Institutions
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued a final rule providing relief for smaller institutions from the Home Mortgage Disclosure...
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FHLBs’ Affordable Housing Funds Up 15% in 2018
The Federal Home Loan Banks awarded approximately $458 million in affordable housing program funds in 2018, a 15% increase from...
Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers
Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released...
OCC: Mortgage Performance Improves Slightly in Q2
The share of current and performing first-lien mortgages in the second quarter of 2019 was 96.1%, up from 95.6% a...
Treasury, FHFA Allow GSEs to Retain $45B in Earnings
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will retain a total of $45 billion in earnings under a new agreement reached with...
FHFA Directs FHLBs to End Dependence on Libor
With the future of the London Interbank Offered Rate uncertain beyond 2021, the Federal Housing Finance Agency today directed the...
Recent Housing Data Shows Momentum
The housing market appears to be picking up some momentum after slowing for much of the last year.
Delinquent GSE Mortgages Fall
The number of homes backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are 60 or more days past due fell...
FHFA Bans GSEs From Offering Volume-Based G-Fee Discounts
In a move intended to level the playing field in the mortgage market, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has directed...
ABA Supports Proposed Changes to Lender Annual Certification Statements
In a joint comment letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development last week, the American Bankers Association and...
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