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Sandra Thompson, who has been acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency since June, has won backing from the mortgage industry and community groups for the experience she brings to the role. The push comes as the administration is said to be considering Mike Calhoun of the Center for Responsible Lending.

U.S. homebuilder sentiment rose in September amid lower lumber prices and strong housing demand.

Sequoia Mortgage Trust is among the first to include a distributed ledger agent in its reporting processes.

The car maker is refinancing three revolving credit facilities using the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, and embedding climate-change goals into the deals.

The chair of the House Financial Services Committee endorsed acting Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson as rumors abound that the administration is considering someone else for the job.

While the loss coverage is subsequently lower for the notes, totaling $194.2 million, it is expected to be sufficient to cover required rating multiples.

The threat of crippling price increases accompanied by slow growth challenges the belief keeping global markets aloft: that price pressures are temporary along a Goldilocks-like growth trajectory.

All of the underlying leases are financing new cars, Fitch noted, adding that leases under 36 months for the original term represented about 82.3% of the pool.

COVID-19 concerns, inflation hold back actions that might change current patterns.

Executives at JPMorgan Chase, Capital One and U.S. Bancorp all spoke this week about plans to take on upstarts that offer interest-free financing on consumer purchases. The increased competition figures to result in tighter margins across the category.