Mortgage Mix: Significant HUD, FHFA Policy Shifts and Terminations Affect Housing
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday ...
Tag: Housing Policy
Florida Considers Eliminating State Property Taxes
Homeowners across the U.S. are facing rising property taxes—and Florida legislators are floating proposals to not only bring down homeowners’ ...
Freddie Mac CEO Fired by Pulte as GSE Boards See Changes
Several of Freddie Mac’s top officials, including CEO Diana Reid, were fired yesterday by new FHFA Director Bill Pulte. President ...
Legislative Round-Up: Alabama Moves to Reform Buyer Rep Agreement Rules
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate ...
Proposed Bill Aims to Limit Hedge Fund Ownership of Homes
One of the bills under consideration in Congress to address the affordability crisis is the Humans Over Private Equity (HOPE) ...
New HUD Secretary Confirmed by U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Scott Turner, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Here’s What Moves Mortgage Rates—and Why It’s Not Always the Fed
When the Federal Reserve raises or lowers its benchmark interest rate, many people expect mortgage rates to follow suit. But ...
Tariffs, Likely to Be ‘Inflationary,’ Face Uncertain Future
On Sat., Feb. 1, President Donald Trump imposed previously promised tariffs, implementing a 25% tax on imported goods from Mexico ...
Mortgage Industry Urges CFPB to Pause Nonbank Registration Rule Amid Trump Regulatory Freeze
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to postpone compliance deadlines for its Nonbank ...
Legislative Round-Up: Housing Supply at the State and Local Level
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate ...
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