No homebuilder would have asked for the headwinds that 2026 brought to both would-be homebuyers and the organizations that serve them. Still, given the level of preparation and de-risking most homebuilding firms have pursued since before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this year’s raft of challenges may be delivering exactly the operating discipline the business […]

The White House has sent the nomination of Brian Johnson to serve as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to the Senate, according to a notice filed on Wednesday. The agency has been under the leadership of acting director Russell Vought for the past 16 months. During his tenure, Vought — who also

Unlock Technologies completed a $358.5 million securitization backed by home equity agreements (HEAs), marking the company’s first transaction of 2026 and the largest HEA securitization completed in the market this year. The financial technology company announced on Tuesday that its Unlock HEA Trust 2026-1 transaction closed on May 21 and securitized approximately $358.5 million of