FHFA: Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard Released
Agency unveils online tool using existing information to estimate county-level damages and mortgage loan concentrations in disaster-prone areas, and to identify U.S. communities most vulnerable to natural hazards. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released an online risk analysis tool that provides geographic estimates for physical risks from various types of natural disasters as well…
CFPB: Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection
Debt collectors are pursuing consumers using illegal tactics for debts they do not owe The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued its annual report on debt collection, which highlights aggressive and illegal practices in the collection of medical debt and rental debt. The report discusses how problems with real estate companies’ “revenue management software” can result…
FHFA: U.S. House Prices Rise 5.7 Percent Over the Last Year; Up 0.9 Percent from the First Quarter 2024
U.S. house prices rose 5.7 percent between the second quarter of 2023 and the second quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices were up 0.9 percent compared to the first quarter of 2024. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index for June was down 0.1 percent from May. “U.S. house prices saw…
CFPB: Report Finds Large Retail Chains Charging Cash-Back Fees to Customers Using Debit and Prepaid Cards
Closures of banks have created conditions for major dollar store chains to charge for cash back Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new report finding Americans are paying tens of millions of dollars in fees to access their own money when getting “cash back” at large retail stores when making a purchase…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report Released for July 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for July 2024: New Home SalesSales of new single-family houses in July 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 739,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 4.1 Monthly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 4.1 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to measure how emergent issues are impacting U.S. households from a social and economic perspective. Topics for Phase 4.1 include employment status, spending, food…
SBA: Small Dollar Lending and Lending To Underserved Entrepreneurs Continues to Rise as Record 19 Million New Business Applications Filed Since 2021
Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, announced the Biden-Harris Administration has tripled SBA lending to Black-owned businesses while doubling small-dollar lending and lending to Latino- and women-owned small businesses. The new data comes as the United States reaches a record 19 million(Link…
FDIC: Board Approves Request for Information on Deposits Data Not Currently Reported on the Call Report or Other Regulatory Reports
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors today approved a request for information (RFI) soliciting the public’s comments on deposit data that is not currently reported in the Call Report or other regulatory reports, including for uninsured deposits. “The request for information seeks more granular information on the composition and characteristics of uninsured…
FHFA: House Price Index Unchanged in May 2024; Up 5.7 Percent from Last Year
U.S. house prices were unchanged in May, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 5.7 percent from May 2023 to May 2024. The previously reported 0.2 percent price increase in April was revised upward to 0.3 percent. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly price changes from…
CDFI Fund: Application Demand for Fiscal Year 2024 Round of BEA Program Released
Over $390 million in Increased Investments, Lending and Services in Highly Distressed Communities and to CDFIs The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today the application data for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 round of its Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). A total of 176 applications were…