Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Bob Broeksmit criticized the Biden administration for working against the best interests of housing market professionals, observing that “it sometimes feels like it is attacking you directly and injuring the...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling that declared the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) did not run afoul of the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution. The case, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is pursuing the Biden administration’s campaign against so-called junk fees by publishing an edition of Supervisory Highlights featuring what the agency described as its actions “to combat junk fees charged by mortgage...
The head of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of being both “politically motivated” and ignorant regarding the closing costs process in homebuying. On Friday, the CFPB published a blog...
For the first time since he took office, President Biden openly confronted the challenges facing the U.S. housing industry and offered several proposals aimed at homeownership and rental housing. A Last-Minute Acknowledgment Housing market issues were conspicuously...