Five Democratic leaders in the US Senate – including Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ranking Member of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) – sent a letter to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott...
DOGE’s impact on Washington, Greenland hijinks and Redfin’s under the radar layoffs. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Feb. 10-14. Hit: Getting It Done. Earlier this week, the Department of Housing...
Two Democratic leaders in Congress are warning the Federal Reserve and other financial regulatory agencies not to cooperate with staff members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) while the Trump administration is requesting employees at the...
Russ Vought, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has informed the Federal Reserve it will not be requesting funds to finance its operations for Fiscal Year 2025 while informing the agency’s workforce that its headquarters will...
President Trump’s Saturday morning firing of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Rohit Chopra generated a split reaction, with Republicans welcoming the ouster of the Biden-appointed regulator and Democrats not sharing that enthusiasm. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC),...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
