First the gutted CFPB pronounced ‘Whites Only’ marketing legal again. Now Boeing wants to renege on the sweetheart deal of the century.
mortgages
Move Fast and Break the Mortgage Market
The chief regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now also the board chair of both companies. What’s the long game here?
How DOGE Could Spark a Financial Crash
Playing with fragile commercial real estate is like playing with fire.
Vought Restores CFPB Procedure That Sustains Mortgage Markets
The situation reveals that sometimes, even arsonists need the building they’re burning down to stay upright.
Even Bankers Don’t Want to Delete the CFPB
Industry trade groups are alarmed that the Trump administration’s illegal order to halt work at the consumer protection agency will cause chaos in consumer markets.
The Next Financial Crisis: Insurance
Today on TAP: Increasing damage from fires, hurricanes, and floods will destabilize a lightly regulated industry—and spill over into broader financial markets.
Big Banks Pick Inopportune Moment to Ditch Climate Commitments
As Los Angeles burns, the biggest banks have disclaimed membership in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Mother Nature won’t take pity on them.
When Pam Bondi Protected Foreclosure Fraudsters
The new attorney general nominee, while serving as AG of Florida, fired the first two prosecutors to investigate the use of false evidence to kick people out of their homes.
Collapsing Mortgage Securities. Broken Processes. No Accountability. Sound Familiar?
Faulty credit ratings were a cause of the 2008 crisis. One whistleblower complaint argues that the same dynamic is happening again.

