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Posted Date: Friday, January 31, 2025
The economy impacts every business sector involved in the real estate transaction. That is why October Research was pleased to welcome Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Michael Fratantoni to kick off the 2025 Economic Outlook Series. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, January 31, 2025
The U.S. Treasury Department withdrew from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System – a coalition of central banks and regulators focused on bolstering the global financial system to withstand climate change. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, January 31, 2025
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement, released Jan. 29, explained the Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain the federal funds rate at a target range between 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent. The FOMC pointed to indicators concerning the labor market and inflation as the basis for its decision. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
President Donald Trump’s pick to run the U.S. Treasury Department received Senate approval via a 68-29 vote on Jan. 27. Mortgage industry advocates said they are committed to working with the new treasury secretary on extending the 2017 tax cuts and ending the conservatorships of the government-sponsored enterprises. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, January 17, 2025
October Research’s Keys to Real Estate podcast interrupted its season break to deliver a timely and exclusive discussion with Dr. Mark Calabria, a senior advisor at the Cato Institute who served as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency during the first Trump administration.
Calabria sat down with October Research Chief Knowledge Officer Mary Schuster to offer insights about what the housing and lending sectors might expect during president-elect Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, January 17, 2025
In one of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s last actions under Director Sandra Thompson, the agency issued a final rule adjusting the treatment of certain short-term Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) investments to improve access to liquidity. The rule will remove capital restrictions on certain forms of unsecured credit that may be extended to FHLBanks. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, January 10, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway, accusing the nonbank company of predatory lending practices that set families up for financial failure when purchasing manufactured homes. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, January 3, 2025
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. executed a passivity agreement with The Vanguard Group on Dec. 27 intended to mitigate risks of large investors from exerting undue influence over financial institutions in which they hold significant stakes.
The agency indicated such agreements are necessary as a means of maintaining integrity and stability of the financial system. Read on »
Posted Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
As many economists anticipated, the Federal Reserve voted to lower the federal funds rate one last time before the end of the year following the December meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee. The committee agreed to lower rates by 25 basis points to 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent, marking the third rate reduction of the year. Read on »
Posted Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024
Three top economists for the Mortgage Bankers Association offered a detailed account of how economic conditions are likely to shape the housing market in the foreseeable future. Citing a wealth of supporting data and meticulous analysis of current conditions affecting rates and lending institutions, MBA Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni, MBA Vice President of Industry Analysis Marina Walsh and MBA Deput Chief Economist Joel Kan took turns covering virtually every angle the packed house of mortgage professionals might have been curious to know more about. Read on »
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