Positive data on rental housing costs, a new threat to close the CFPB, and California’s housing market shows signs of vitality. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Oct. 13-17. Hit: Some Rent Relief. A new data...
A federal judge in Chicago has rejected a request by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to vacate its $105,000 settlement of redlining charges brought against the mortgage lender Townstone Financial. The settlement followed a protracted litigation that...
The highest-ranking enforcement official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has resigned with an angry rebuke of how the Trump administration is treating the agency. Acting Enforcement Director Cara Petersen said the administration “has no...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked efforts by the Trump administration to terminate 90% of the workforce of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Hill reports US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has stopped the agency from today’s plan to...
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...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
