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Advocacy Update: Senate Committee Holds Nomination Hearing for CFPB Director Nominee Johnson
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (765+ words) Senate Banking Committee Holds Nomination Hearing for CFPB Director Nominee Brian Johnson On Thursday, the Senate Banking Committee held a nomination hearing for Brian Johnson to become Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Johnson, a senior executive at…...
Advocacy Update: Senate Banking Committee Holds Nomination Hearing for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Nominee Brian Johnson
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (765+ words) Senate Banking Committee Holds Nomination Hearing for CFPB Director Nominee Brian Johnson On Thursday, the Senate Banking Committee held a nomination hearing for Brian Johnson to become Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Johnson, a senior executive at…...
Advocacy Update: Warsh, Vought Hill Hearings; FHFA Proposed Amendment to SCP Regulation; MBA's VA Recommendations to Modernize Handbook
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (571+ words) Fed Chair Warsh Testifies on Monetary Policy, Housing Finance, and Basel Capital Standards Last week, the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee held their semiannual hearings on the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Report, where Fed Chair Kevin Warsh…...
Chart of the Week: Inflation and Hourly Earnings
3+ week, 3+ day ago (401+ words) MBA Newslink Chart of the Week: Inflation and Hourly Earnings Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics The annual rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), exceeded wage growth, defined as the year-over-year change in average hourly earnings,…...
MBA: May New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Increase 3.8%
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (418+ words) MBA Newslink MBA: May New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Increase 3.8% The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Builder Application Survey for May 2026 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 3.8% from a year ago. Compared to April 2026, applications decreased by 3%. This change does…...
Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged; Industry Economists Weigh In
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (155+ words) The Federal Reserve June 17 held interest rates steady, maintaining the federal funds rate in its current range of 3.5%-3.75%. The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 12 – 0 vote: The Committee decided to maintain the target range…...
Income Instability: The Hidden Barrier to Buying (sponsored by Truework)
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (870+ words) I started Truework because I believed in something simple: if we could make income and employment data more accurate, more accessible, and more transparent, we could expand homeownership to millions of people. Over the last few years, that belief has…...
MBA: Mortgage Application Payments Increased in April
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (234+ words) The national PAPI (Figure 1) increased 0.3% to 156.0 in April from 155.5 in March. While payments decreased 1.6%, earnings growth of 4% means that the PAPI is down (affordability is higher) 5.3% on an annual basis. For borrowers applying for lower-payment mortgages (the 25th percentile), the national…...
Redfin: Home Purchase Cancellations Plateau
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (214+ words) Redfin, Seattle, reported 47,000 home-sale agreements fell through in April, equal to 13.4% of homes that went under contract in the month. That’s down 0.1 percentage point from a month earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is tied with January for the…...
MBA: April New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Decrease 2.4%
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) MBA Newslink MBA: April New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Decrease 2.4% The Mortgage Bankers Association Builder Application Survey data for April 2026 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases decreased 2.4% from a year ago. Compared to March 2026, applications decreased by 10%. This change…...