The Securities and Exchange Commission’s changes to liquidity risk-management programs were released this week, as expected, and aim squarely at improved compliance and on protecting investors in ongoing risk areas.

The introduction of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule, or TRID, in October has led to utter chaos in the mortgage industry—or so some would have you believe.

Investors looking for a bargain property would do wise to pay attention to the sticker price and not the hype.

A statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday showed that loanDepot was planning to offer 26.4 million shares of its common stock on Friday, valued at $16 to $18 per share. The move was expected to raise $475 million for the company, which was to be valued at $2.6 billion.

A pair of former advisors to the Clinton and Obama administrations recently laid out plans to bring the contentious “recap and release” proposal to recapitalize the GSEs and release them from government conservatorship to reality.

The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) found that more than 18 million homeowner households and more than 20 million renter households experienced housing affordability problems last year, with renters suffering more consistently high “cost burden” issues than owners.

While consumers anticipate a better labor market to come, they were mixed about inflation, depending on how deeply into the crystal ball they look, the latest Survey of Consumer Expectations from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed.

Home prices nationally are still on the incline, most notably in more affordable homes, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic.

Mortgage lending standards continued to ease across all types of loans in the third quarter, according to Fannie Mae’s most recent Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey.

The number of job openings in construction overall remained stable in July, though hiring in the home construction sector slowed that same month, according the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Association of Home Builders.