Mortgage lenders stick with Biden-era reappraisal guidance

President Trump and his administration have begun to scrap new mortgage lending guidelines that made it easier for home buyers and sellers to dispute property appraisals, finding that homes owned by racial minorities are routinely valued lower than comparable homes with white owners. But despite the promised regulatory relief, many mortgage lenders say the regulatory […]

CFPB calls GAO funding probe ‘political’ and ‘weaponized’

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last week criticizing a probe into the bureau’s funding request for 2025, insisting that acting CFPB Director Russell Vought has “sole discretion” to determine funding and staffing levels.

White House report tests Fed’s openness to crypto

The President’s Work Group on Digital Assets released a report calling for changes to the central bank’s master account policies. The reforms could make it easier for digital asset groups to access the federal payments system.