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...
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...