Key insight: A group of 16 state attorneys general, all Democrats, have filed suit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development over a recent guidance limiting enforcement of equal housing laws. Supporting data: The attorneys general say the guidance, which affects how HUD funds state investigations of discrimination complaints, threatens $10.7M in Fair Housing […]
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A new federal executive order from President Trump related to “removing regulatory barriers to home construction” aims to increase affordable inventory through broad deregulation. Processing Content The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are among several public entities the order directs to take a series of steps to that
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Freedom Mortgage is expanding with a deal to acquire Seneca Mortgage Servicing. Processing Content Parent company Freedom Superior signed an agreement to buy the firm and its related entities from asset manager EJF Capital, it announced Monday. It’s yet another move by one of the industry’s biggest players to add servicing assets, in more consolidation
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