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USDA restructuring threatens rural mortgage overhaul, CHLA cautions
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (433+ words) The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) is warning federal mortgage regulators that restructuring plans at the U.S. Department of Agriculture could jeopardize the USDA’s efforts to modernize the Rural Housing Service (RHS), relied on by households in rural census tracts…...
Banks are warming to commercial real estate lending
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (401+ words) After years of avoiding commercial real estate, lenders are back and ready to finance commercial projects, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The MBA found that commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were up 52% in the first quarter of 2026 compared…...
U.S. housing market in concerning slowdown, Fitch warns
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (636+ words) The U.S. housing economy has turned from “stagnation to contraction” at the midpoint of 2026, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings, who shared their outlooks on prevailing market conditions in a webinar livestreamed Friday. “Housing has been weak for a while,” said…...
Power Moves: CBRE, MBA, TMO and others make key personnel decisions
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (501+ words) Robert Koontz has joined CBRE as senior managing director and head of multifamily debt capital markets within the firm’s debt and structured finance department, where he will be tasked with expanding origination capabilities within the agency space. Koontz is a…...
Affordable rent remains out of reach for millions of low-wage workers
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (687+ words) A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) says rental housing remains out of reach for millions of workers, with wages falling short of the cost of modest rentals in every state, metropolitan area and county in…...
Housing equity remains powerful buffer for mortgaged homeowners
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (507+ words) Housing wealth among mortgage borrowers climbed to $17.9 trillion in the first quarter, according to updated figures published by Cotality on Thursday. That represents a net equity gain of $206.6 billion, or 1.2%, from the fourth quarter, and slightly more than half of…...
CFPB nominee won’t break with Vought on bureau shutdown push
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (898+ words) Brian Johnson, the White House nominee to become permanent director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), told U.S. senators on Thursday that he would keep an “open mind” about bureau staffing levels but repeatedly declined to distance himself from Acting…...
Chase shoots past Rocket to top mortgage servicer approval ratings
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (360+ words) There’s a new leader atop J.D. Power’s 2026 mortgage servicer satisfaction rankings: Chase, which gained 44 points year over year to narrowly edge out 2025’s winner, Rocket Mortgage. Chase received a score of 694 on the consumer intelligence company’s 1,000-point scale. Rocket’s 690 score…...
Homebuyers are still paying up for climate risk
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (473+ words) From proximity to a hospital or transportation hub to walking distance from restaurants and shopping, a confluence of so-called “community factors” drive homebuyer preferences and thus the relative attractiveness and value of a given residential property. The likelihood a home…...
FHA proposes overhaul of partial claim framework
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (788+ words) The Federal Housing Administration has proposed an alternative program for bringing past-due borrowers current, as payment stress continues to build across FHA portfolios. The proposed change, which could potentially enable the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to recover…...