Legislative Round-Up: State Bills Legislating REALTORS® in 2025
The business practices and regulations of REALTORS® have been changing—and not just through associations. Since the National Association of REALTORS® ...
Tag: Housing Policy
Federal Judge Orders Halt of CFPB Layoffs
A federal judge has stepped in again to stop President Trump’s administration from firing more than 80% of Consumer Financial ...
Strengthening State Appraiser and Appraisal Management Company Regulatory Programs
Recently, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) responded to the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s ...
Laws Banning REALTOR® Membership Requirements Defeated in 2 States
Last month, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill that explicitly bans any requirement that homebuyers sign an agreement with ...
Fannie Mae Has Fired Over 100 Employees, Citing Fraud
On Tues. April 8, government sponsored-enterprise Fannie Mae announced that over the past few weeks, it had fired over 100 ...
DEI Under Fire: Real Estate Industry Confronts New Reality as Federal Rollbacks Hit Fair Housing
The housing industry has weathered commission lawsuits, scandals and lackluster home sales in recent years. With the Trump administration’s aggressive ...
Judge Blocks HUD’s Cancellation of Fair Housing Grants
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has seen its efforts to cancel several Fair Housing Initiatives Program ...
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 ...
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 ...
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