The Trump administration has withdrawn Jonathan McKernan’s nomination to become the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and has nominated him to become undersecretary of domestic finance at the Department of the Treasury. McKernan was confirmed...
Selling stocks to buy a house, the continued delay on confirming the new CFPB director, and layoffs at Fannie Mae. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of April 7-11. Hit: Taking Stock. One of the most intriguing real...
A new focus on affordable housing development, a delay in a key confirmation, and an unhappy Chinese leader. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of March 17-21. Hit: A New Approach to Affordable Housing. This week,...
A real estate agent gets slammed for insulting a waiter, another agent seeks to oust Los Angeles’ mayor, and a huge hole that needs to be filled. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of March 3-7. Miss: Comeuppance...
President Trump’s nominees to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) pledged to bring reform to their respective agencies. In testimony delivered today before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
