A group of Congressional lawmakers are calling on the Federal Reserve to pause interest rate hikes. Last week, the Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates by 25 basis points, the 10th straigh...
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U.S. Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation this week that seeks to protect those living in flood-prone communities. The Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation A...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments that are designed to enhance the ability of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to assess systemic risk and bolster its ove...
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U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) is espousing the benefits of legislation that would result in requiring a thorough cost-benefit analysis for all Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rules. The...
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U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to protect homebuyers from paying higher fees on their mortgages. His bill, the Secure Americans...
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U.S. Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and John Thune (R-SD) are among a group of lawmakers expressing concerns over efforts by the Federal Insurance Office to bring environmental, social, and governance (ESG) s...
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A group of lawmakers recently forwarded correspondence to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), noting opposition to the agency re-writing the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac single-family pricing fra...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule to establish consumer protections for residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans. Residential PACE loans finance home i...
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Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity has joined 33 fiscal officers from 26 other states in advocating the elimination of federal mortgage fees. Officials said Garrity and other state fiscal officer...
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Following the recent bank failures, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released an overview of the deposit insurance system and options for reform. The report, called Options for Depo...
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