December 2025

Three US senators opened an inquiry into insurance ratings firm Demotech and whether its assessments may be exposing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — and ultimately taxpayers — to growing risks tied to climate-driven insurer failures. Processing Content In a letter sent Tuesday to Fannie Mae acting Chief Executive Officer Peter Akwaboah and Freddie Mac CEO Kenny Smith, the […]

Digital real estate platform Realpha will acquire Instamortgage, adding the direct lender to its growing home finance network and furthering goals to build a one-stop artificial intelligence-backed homebuying experience.  Processing Content The move by the Dublin, Ohio-based technology firm, which has origins as a home purchase and sales platform, expands the company into lending after

Key insight: A group of 22 state attorneys general — all Democrats — filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve and acting CFPB director Russell Vought, challenging the administration’s position that the Fed can only fund the CFPB when the Fed itself is profitable.  Expert quote: “The failure to request funding