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FICO shares surge on plan that would license credit scores directly to mortgage resellers
FICO score, created by Fair Isaac, is a US credit scoring system used by nearly 90% of lenders to evaluate a borrower's creditworthiness.
No-media-allowed MAGA hangout spilled beans on Bessent-Pulte altercation: 'They go leak to them anyway'
As reported last week, Scott Bessent – Trump’s usually mild-mannered Treasury secretary – reportedly threatened to punch Bill Pulte in his “f--king face.”
Trump threatens to fire Fed's Lisa Cook over alleged mortage fraud: 'What she did was bad'
In the coming months, Trump is set to nominate a new Fed chair and another governor, both with permanent votes on the 12-member rate-setting committee.
Trump demands Fed Governor Lisa Cook resign amid mortgage fraud allegations
FHFA Director Bill Pulte made the allegations, saying Cook had designated a condo in Atlanta as her primary residence after taking a loan on her home in Michigan, which she also declared as a...
Feds must probe Jumaane Williams for possible mortgage fraud in light of 'serious' red flags surrounding Brooklyn home: pol
The feds and the city’s watchdog agency must investigate whether NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams committed mortgage fraud and broke other laws in light of "serious" red flags surrounding his...
Embattled NY AG Letitia James: Trump sending people 'to my house' as 'revenge'
Letitia James ranted to a crowd that she’s being followed on the orders of President Trump – days before reports surfaced that Trump’s Department of Justice had actually launched a...
Mortgage rate lock-in gap: some states have it worse in U.S. housing market
Homeowners in states with slim lock-in gaps will see less of a cost increase if they sell their homes and then buy at current mortgage rates.
Biden is making it harder to buy homes — just to please green radicals and Wall Street
The Department of Housing and Urban Development exists to boost affordable housing for Americans, yet under President Biden, HUD is issuing a new rule that'll instead rise the cost of...
Home prices jump nearly 5% in October - biggest gain this year: survey
A national price index released by S&P Core Logic/Case-Shiller showed home prices gained by 4.8% on a yearly basis in October, the largest increase this year.
Obama is setting us up for another housing crash
We learned nothing from the last financial crisis. The housing market is set to collapse, again, and a key culprit, again, is artificial demand created by government policies. For starters,...
Embattled official at center of Fannie Mae litigation retires
The Washington official at the center of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholder litigation has left the building. Mario Ugoletti, a senior official at the Federal Housing Finance Agency,...
Obama collecting personal data for a secret race database
A key part of President Obama’s legacy will be the fed’s unprecedented collection of sensitive data on Americans by race. The government is prying into our most personal information at...
Watt wants to slash city homebuyers' down payment
Mel Watt, chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, wants to slash New York City homebuyers’ average down payment from $102,000 to just $15,000. This apparent gift from the conservator...
Deutsche Bank in $1.9B settlement with FHFA
Deutsche Bank will pay $1.9 billion to settle a lawsuit with the the Federal Housing Finance Agency over mortgage-backed securities, part of the bank’s efforts to resolve a long list...