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CFPB Acting Director Vought Says White House Will Not Shut Down the Agency

CFPB Acting Director Vought Says White House Will Not Shut Down the Agency

by Phil Hall | Feb 25, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Trump administration has stated it will retain the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) in a streamlined realignment and does not plan to shut down the agency. Politico reports on a motion filed by Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought late Monday in federal...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: 60 Minutes vs. DOGE vs. CFPB

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: 60 Minutes vs. DOGE vs. CFPB

by Phil Hall | Feb 24, 2025 | A Phil Hall Op-Ed, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Silly me, I thought that “Saturday Night Live” was the only stale survivor from distant generations still wasting time and energy on the television schedule. But then I watched Sunday’s segment of “60 Minutes” on the Consumer Financial Protection...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Feb. 17-21

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Feb. 17-21

by Phil Hall | Feb 21, 2025 | Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, International Real Estate News, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

HUD’s erasure of DEI contracts, builders expressing apprehension and Australia’s first rate cut in more than four years. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Feb. 17-21. Hit: An End to DEI Daffiness. Kudos to...
Warren and Schiff Claim Elon Musk Brings Conflicts of Interest to DOGE Actions at CFPB

Warren and Schiff Claim Elon Musk Brings Conflicts of Interest to DOGE Actions at CFPB

by Phil Hall | Feb 19, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) are demanding the removal of members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) while claiming without evidence that Elon Musk plans on “enriching himself...
Judge Halts Mass Firings at CFPB

Judge Halts Mass Firings at CFPB

by Phil Hall | Feb 15, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A federal judge issued an order on Friday evening that temporarily halted the Trump administration from firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) without cause and from issuing a reduction-in-force notice for the agency. According to combined...
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