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 ...
Tag: Politics
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 ...
Trump Nominates Bill Pulte to Head Federal Housing Finance Agency
Bill Pulte, CEO of private equity firm Pulte Capital Partners, has been nominated to be the next director of the ...
A ‘Regulatory Freeze’: What Trump’s Executive Order Means for Housing
Donald Trump took the oath of office earlier this week, stepping into his second term as president of the United ...
HUD Secretary Nominee Pledges to ‘Take Inventory’ of Existing Programs If Confirmed
President-elect Donald Trump will take office on Mon., Jan. 20, but the U.S. Senate has already been hearing from some ...
Fed’s Top Banking Regulator Stepping Down as Trump Assumes Power
The Federal Reserve's chief banking regulator will resign in February, avoiding a potential showdown with President-elect Donald Trump who was ...
NAR, the Media and Republican Politics—What Is the APOA, and Why Is It Controversial?
Does the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) secretly support conservative causes unrelated to housing? That is the question put forth ...
Legislative Round-Up: How a Republican Trifecta Could Affect Housing
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level policy that impacts real estate ...
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