Department of Housing and Urban Development whistleblowers spoke of being stopped from doing their jobs enforcing fair housing laws at a hearing led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D.-Massachusetts. Processing Content The hearing, called “Fair Housing Under Fire,” was held on Jan. 13. Warren is the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs […]
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Processing Content Key insight: Inflation showed little sign of slowing in December, with monthly and annual inflation rates unchanged from November. Prices rose 0.3% in December and 2.7% year over year. Supporting data: Core inflation, measuring the rise in prices excluding food and fuel, rose 0.2% in December. Food prices rose 0.7%. Dairy products rose
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Bloomberg News Processing Content Key Insight: The CFPB and DOJ said they withdrew the 2023 guidance to correct the misimpression that ECOA imposed limits on considering immigration or citizenship status in a credit application. What’s at Stake: The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to restore alignment with established federal civil rights law
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Bloomberg News Processing Content What’s at Stake: Russell Vought, who also leads the Office of Management and Budget, has publicly stated his intent to shut down the CFPB, and recently refused to request funding for the agency. Supporting Data: Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, the lapse enables Russell Vought to remain as the acting
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New York is the latest state to implement a nonbank Community Reinvestment Act, with laws already in place in Massachusetts and Illinois and one pending in New Jersey. Processing Content While it will be a compliance burden for these lenders, at least one nonbank executive also thinks it is an opportunity. A regulation has been
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Lenders with less than $59 million in assets last year won’t have to share their home loan data with the government. Processing Content The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday raised its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reporting exemption threshold by $1 million over the prior year, the smallest annual increase since 2023. The regulator, which
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Following the enforcement action against now ex-CEO Patrick Terrance Donlon, Yield Solutions Group has assumed full operational control of Trusted American Mortgage, the companies said in a press release. Processing Content The two companies share an address in Centennial, Colorado. YSG has a nationwide presence in the auto lending industry. Donlon resigned as CEO of
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Key insight: The Trump administration would violate an existing court order if it allows the CFPB to run out of funding by declining to request money from the Federal Reserve. Supporting data: The Judge held that the Dodd-Frank Act requires the CFPB to request funding from the Fed’s “combined earnings,” even when the Fed’s expenses
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For those tracking servicing regulation and compliance, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cutbacks have pushed attention toward agencies like the Federal Housing Administration, whose distressed loan rules are likely to shape servicing priorities in 2026. Processing Content “There’s really not a lot going on with the CFPB,” said Donna Schmidt, president and CEO of DLS Servicing.
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Key insight: The OCC is proposing relaxing its toughest category of supervision, limiting the heightened prudential standards to only the very largest firms. Processing Content Supporting data: The rule would raise the asset threshold from $50 billion to $700 billion, cutting the number of covered banks from 38 to eight. Forward look: The move makes
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