Senate Banking Committee announces new date for CFPB director vote

Senate Banking Committee announces new date for CFPB director vote

After initially postponing its vote on the future director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
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DOJ releases emails of RBS bankers joking about crashing housing market before 2008

Employees at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) joked about crippling the U.S. housing market before the 2008 financial crisis, according to transcripts
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Inc. Magazine names fastest-growing mortgage companies

Also a HousingWire Tech100 winner, Land Gorilla is a construction lender tech company that boasts over 30 years of experience in construction
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Stratford home to sizzling housing market

It continues to be a strong housing market in Stratford. The Huron Perth Association of Realtors says 209 units sold in July which is a 22 per cent
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Clear Capital appoints Sheila Ryan chief people officer

Clear Capital, a national fintech company and HousingWireTech100 award winner in both 2017 and 2018, recently announced it appointed Sheila
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Metro Vancouver housing market ranked 5th most overvalued in the world

Another global financial publication is reaffirming what we know about the local real estate market: housing prices do not match local income levels.
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Uphams Corner housing prices in August averaging $328 a square foot: Report

The average asking price for market-rate homes in Dorchester's Uphams Corner area as of early August was $328 a square foot, according to an
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates decrease slightly but there's no relief in sight

Additionally, newly released data indicated that housing affordability reached a 10-year low in the second quarter of 2018. The 15-year FRM inched
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Housing starts ticked up in July

Privately owned housing starts increased in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.17 million, up 0.9% from June's 1.16 million, however this is
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A slight chill coming for the Bay Area housing market?

Could the super-heated Bay Area real estate market be showing small signs of cooling? More sellers in San Jose have been lowering their prices on
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Building a MarTech stack for the digital transformation era

… I talked with Trey Rigdon from Movement Mortgage and Sarah Wheeler from HousingWire about digital transformation in the mortgage industry.
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Alberta resale housing market continues to struggle

The bank's Canadian Housing Market Forecast Update said sales in 2018 are expected to drop by 5.8 per cent from 2017 to 53,900 units. But it says
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There are signs the US economy is approaching its speed limit

Housing starts in July, for instance, were negative over the year for the … And that slowing momentum comes with the market expecting that the
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RBS bankers joked about crashing the US housing market and likened mortgage trading at the …

Royal Bank of Scotland faces fresh embarrassment after it emerged its bankers joked about destroying America's housing market before the financial
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Confidence in housing market slowing rising

“Interestingly, the survey responses reflect the dichotomy we are observing in the New Zealand housing market at present. Softer house price
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US Housing Shortage Drives Prices Up in Midwest

Rising energy prices are driving home sales and price growth in America's oil boomtowns, according to a report Realtor.com released Thursday.
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Housing market shifts to buyer's market

Housing market shifts to buyer's market … CNBC's Diana Olick reports on homebuyers gaining negotiating power as more listings see price cuts.
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Senate Democrats push CFPB to retain oversight of military lending

Senate Democrats continue to push back against a decision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop supervising lending made to active
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July housing starts up a slight 0.9 percent as tariffs bite

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. housing starts ticked up just 0.9 percent in July, a sign that higher construction costs might be weighing on homebuilders.
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Goodbye refi: Rising interest rates all but erase refinance demand

The decreases are smaller but still noticeable in both Federal Housing Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs lending. For FHA loans, the
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