President Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan to become director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). McKernan stepped down from the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to be considered for the CFPB directorship. McKernan...
More people were filling out mortgage applications during the week ending Feb. 7, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 2.3% on a seasonally adjusted...
Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) and Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) announced a new partnership with Zillow becoming the exclusive provider of multifamily rental listings on Redfin and its subsidiary sites. The partnership covers properties with 25 or more units. According to the...
Commercial and multifamily mortgage borrowing and lending is expected to rise to $583 billion this year, according to an updated forecast from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This represents a 16% increase from 2024’s estimated total of $503 billion....
A total of 30,816 residential properties carried foreclosure filings in January, according to new data from ATTOM. This is up 8% from December and down 7% from January 2024. Nationwide, one in every 4,618 housing units had a foreclosure filing last month. The states...
A Honolulu real estate developer was indicted for illegal political campaign contributions. Timothy Lee, CEO of JL Capital,48, was indicted by the Oahu Grand Jury and charged with nine counts of False Name Contribution that occurred in 2020. According to the...
