Real estate brokerages will shell out another $42 million to home sellers and their attorneys to settle lingering antitrust litigation related to the massive National Association of Realtors case. Processing Content A federal judge last week granted final approval to settlements by eight brokerages, funds which could reach upwards of 2.6 million consumers, according to […]
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The government-sponsored enterprises’ move toward buying mortgage-backed securities to lower rates in the near term has raised questions about whether it diverts attention from broader reform efforts. Processing Content The answer appears to be that MBS buying could add to capital challenges at the margins, but ultimately it doesn’t do much to change the big
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Key insight: The House is poised to pass a housing affordability package with wide bipartisan margins. What’s at stake: The House bill contains a number of community bank provisions that are absent from the Senate version of the bill. Forward look: Warren’s opposition to those riders will make passage in the upper chamber more challenging,
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