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Sales of bonds earmarked for supplemental coverage of large windstorms, earthquakes and other events totaled $17.7 billion, up 7% from the previous record set a year ago.

Economists say the U.S. economy is leaving 2024 healthy, with unemployment low, inflation manageable and growth robust. Unknown variables — including the depth and scope of President-elect Donald Trump's immigration and tariff policies — could change that course, but likely not until 2026.

Mortgage originators should expect more of those interest rate dips that took place in September, but when they happen is the unknown factor, economists said.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has long been a target for conservative ire, but dismantling it would require Congress' cooperation.

The president-elect had billed his hardline stance on the border and promised deportations as a solution to tight housing markets. Experts say those policies, at least in terms of housing, could do more harm than good.

Gruenberg, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s longest-serving board member, will step down in January, marking the end of an era after nearly 20 years on the agency's board of directors.

Those born between 1997 and 2012 will go from making up a scant 6% of today's market to a 25% share by 2028, and mortgage lenders need to be ready to serve them.

The Trump victory is considered a positive for changing the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but what would that do to interest rates?

The Federal Reserve's top official was emphatic that he and other leaders on the Board of Governors cannot be dismissed or demoted at will by the president.

Traders are looking to central bankers for clues on how Trump's tax-cut and tariff policies could alter their outlook for global growth and inflation.

Trump has promised levies on US imports that would upend global trade, tax cuts that would further stretch the federal budget and deportations that could shrink the pool of cheap labor.

Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may face an existential threat if former President Trump is reelected, while the agency could be emboldened if Vice President Harris wins.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has proposed a change to capital rules on interest-bearing deposit accounts that would increase the Federal Home Loan Banks' flexibility to manage liquidity during times of stress.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued guidance to ensure the Federal Home Loan banks are lending based on the credit worthiness of the member bank, not solely on the quality of the collateral.

Graper was promoted to her current role as  managing director and global head of debt capital markets last year.

The Federal Home Loans Bank System is under pressure to fund more affordable housing and has several proposals that may work in tandem with Vice President Kamala Harris' goal of building three million new units in her first term.

A former housing regulator confirmed that he anticipates a release from conservatorship would occur if Trump's elected, adding to other signs a plan is brewing.

In trading ahead of the debate, Treasuries rallied as oil tumbled and after U.S. bank regulators released revised details on proposed bank-capital rule changes.

Prophecies about a wave of bank failures caused by sickly CRE loans haven't yet come true. But there are still plenty of caution signs in a saga that will take years to play out.