Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE: FICO) has hired a new lobbying expert to strengthen its position in Washington following a series of attacks against the FICO score provider by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Politico reports that John...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is blaming his political rival, US Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), of being behind a news story accusing Paxton and his now-estranged wife Angela of mortgage fraud. The Associated Press broke the story claiming the Paxtons owned three homes...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: In case you haven’t heard, voters in yesterday’s Democratic Party primary in New York City have overwhelmingly selected a self-described Democratic Socialist to become their next mayor. With roughly 90% of the ballots being counted, Zohran Mamdani...
Vice President JD Vance is questioning whether Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stopped lowering interest rates because returned to the presidency. In a posting on X, Vance wrote: “I’d love to hear an argument for why Powell cut rates 50 points right before an...
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont vetoed a contentious housing bill that would have imposed affordable housing target numbers on the state’s localities. According to combined media outlets, HB 5002 would have required localities to meet a baseline for the number of housing...
Small Mortgages Fall Below 3% of Originations, Exposing Rural Lending Gap
