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The Federal Housing Finance Agency is proposing to repeal its fair lending, fair housing and equitable housing finance rule, stating it is looking to comply with Pres. Trump’s executive orders. Furthermore, the rule is duplicative, with the laws behind each portion administered by other agencies. But Jannell Byrd-Chichester, general counsel for the National Fair Housing […]

Private flood insurance use rose notably in recent years as utilization of federal coverage inched down due to adjustments to public programs that have included more latitude in the mortgage sector. Over the last four years, private coverage grew 20% while public policies the National Flood Insurance Program offers receded by 2%, according to a

Primelending returned to the black in the second quarter, but ongoing housing market challenges look set to apply further downward pressure to the mortgage business’ bottom line, leaders of its parent company warned.  Mortgage originations brought in $3.21 million of pre-tax income for Hilltop Holdings, parent company of Plainscapital Bank and Primelending, during the second