The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been ordered by a federal judge in Washington to resume distribution of Fair Housing Initiatives Program funds. Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued a temporary restraining order Monday in the case brought by the National Fair Housing Alliance and the Tennessee Fair Housing Council. The suit was filed in […]
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A federal judge handed another blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to prematurely end redlining settlement obligations for mortgage lenders. Pennsylvania-based ESSA Bank must follow the terms of its 2023 agreement for three more years, a federal judge ruled this week. The Department of Justice in recent months argued the lender had met the fair
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency is proposing to repeal its fair lending, fair housing and equitable housing finance rule, stating it is looking to comply with Pres. Trump’s executive orders. Furthermore, the rule is duplicative, with the laws behind each portion administered by other agencies. But Jannell Byrd-Chichester, general counsel for the National Fair Housing
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The government-sponsored enterprises’ exit from conservatorship could be unexpected and quick, the senior vice president of mortgage finance policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America said. While a methodical process may take place, he wouldn’t be surprised if the opposite happens, Ron Haynie said, speaking during an online presentation from Lenders One and the
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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc.Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — The CEO of OpenAI warned a room full of bankers and policymakers of an “impending fraud crisis” spurred by artificial intelligence’s growing capability to get around fraud prevention measures. Speaking at a conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Board Tuesday, Sam Altman, head of
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The share of mortgage loans with issues that could indicate fraud declined in the second quarter of 2025, although it is still above levels seen in the second half of last year, Fundingshield’s Wire Fraud Analytics report said. During the period, nearly 46.63% of transactions analyzed in an $81 billion residential, commercial and business purpose
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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D–Ga., introduced legislation Thursday to address what he called “systemic bias” in the home appraisal process. The proposal comes just one week after the Trump administration disbanded a Biden-era task force that had been focused on addressing racial bias in the housing system. The bill, called the Appraisal Modernization Act, would require
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Adobe Stock Federal regulators have formally begun the process of nullifying their 2023 update to implementing regulations for the Community Reinvestment Act, a Civil Rights-era anti-redlining law that requires banks to invest in the communities they serve. The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a
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Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are bracing for mass layoffs now that Congress has slashed the agency’s budget in half and the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to gut federal agencies. Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought is expected to issue a reduction in force, or RIF, immediately after an appellate
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With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau scaling back enforcement under the Trump administration, states are emerging as the new frontline in mortgage oversight but the shift is more incremental than dramatic, experts say. As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau remains in stasis, some mortgage professionals fear a new era of fragmented compliance — “50 state
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