The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may soon need to find new housing for itself. The department’s headquarters building in Washington, DC, was added to the list of federal buildings designated by the General Services Administration for “accelerated...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against United Wholesale Mortgage (NYSE: UWMC) that accuses the company of “conspiring with brokers to rip off Ohio consumers.” In his lawsuit, Yost – who launched his campaign for Ohio governor in January – alleged...
Ginnie Mae announced that its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio outstanding grew to $2.73 trillion as of March. The March issuance encompassed $31.4 billion in Ginnie Mae II MBS and $1.7 billion in Ginnie Mae I MBS, including $1.6 billion for multifamily...
A new bill has been introduced in the California legislature that will provide a temporary relief for homeowners impacted by the recent Los Angeles County wildfires. CBS News reports that the “Mortgage Relief for Disaster Survivors Act” would give...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new wave of termination notices to its staff on Thursday. The notices could begin as early as today, although official terminations may not happen for several weeks and could impact as much as 90% of the...
California recorded a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 277,030 closed escrow sales of existing single-family detached homes during March, down 2.3% from 283,540 sales in February but up 4.9% from 264,200 transactions in March 2024. According to data from the...
