The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) Unsecured Credit Limits. According to a statement from the FHFA, the proposed rule is designed to “improve the FHLBanks’ ability to provide liquidity...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a Request for Input (RFI) regarding the mission of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System. According to the regulator, the RFI is seeking public comments in three categories of questions: Updating the...
Sandra L. Thompson is director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). This article is excerpted and edited from written testimony delivered before a recent hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. In August 2022,...
Travis Hill is vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). This article is edited and adapted from a recent presentation at the Mercatus Center entitled “Banking’s Next Chapter? Remarks on Tokenization and Other Issues” As we consider the...
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...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
