Freddie Mac Reports $2.2B Profit in Q1
Freddie Mac posted net income of $2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2017, reversing a loss from the first...
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To Protect Consumers, ABA Seeks Pause on HMDA Expansion
ABA today called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to rescind requirements to collect any Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data...
Supreme Court Sends Miami Fair Housing Case Back for Rehearing
While holding that cities may sue lenders under the Fair Housing Act, alleging reduced property tax revenues due to predatory...
Luetkemeyer Introduces Flood Insurance Reform Bill
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) today introduced the Taxpayer Exposure Mitigation Act, which includes several flood insurance reform policies.
Bank Partnership Spurs Resident-Owned Manufactured Housing
Innovative lenders and their community partners are scaling a resident-ownership model where homeowners in manufactured home communities can become community...
Rural Bank Leaders Out on the Frontiers of Compliance
From finding local talent to fitting new regulations onto longstanding relationships, rural bank CEOs are often on the frontiers of...
Rep. Barr Introduces Bill to Expand Mortgage Access
Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) today introduced the ABA-advocated Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (H.R. 2226). The bill would expand...
Weekly Infobyte: Millennials’ Attitudes Toward Homeownership
A recent study shows that more millennials are seeing the value of homeownership.
ABA, Trades Support Bills Targeting PACE Loans
More than two dozen financial and housing trade associations, including ABA, wrote to House and Senate lawmakers today expressing support...
ABA Provides Treasury with Recommendations to Promote Economic Growth
In a detailed letter today to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, ABA provided a number of recommendations to improve banks’ regulation...
