The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has replaced its rule requiring lenders to adhere to the 1974 Equal Credit ​Opportunity Act (ECOA). The ECOA was designed to prohibit disparate impact discrimination by lenders who create policies that inadvertently...
The Trump administration is quietly meeting with congressional Republicans to chart the future for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Semafor, sourcing its coverage from four unnamed lawmakers, reports CFPB Acting Director Russ Vought met with Republican...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, has released a report claiming the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has cost the nation $19 billion over the past year. The...
The HUD Secretary on a roll, pending home sales on the rise, and Warren Buffett calls it a day. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 2. Hit: An Honest Man. A big thumbs up for Housing and Urban...
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has sued the Trump administration to stop the complete defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In the lawsuit, the attorneys general pointed out that Russ Vought, the acting CFPB director, is...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
