October Research Chief Knowledge Officer and Keys to Real Estate podcast host Mary Schuster discussed why engagement between industry professionals and their regulators is so important while speaking with a pair of incredibly personable leaders of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which regulates the title insurance industry.

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a request for information connected to Executive Order 14247, titled “Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account.”

The volume of guidance withdrawn by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s in May has raised many eyebrows among regulators, attorneys and financial professionals. One of the most notable examples is an interpretive rule concerning states’ ability to enforce federal consumer protection laws against national banks and federal savings associations.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice filed a motion in U.S. District Court to terminate a 2021 consent order with a Jacksonville, Miss., lender which was accused of redlining. The order was scheduled to expire in October 2026.

The American Bankers Association wrote to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, urging his agency to rescind its current disparate impact rule and go back to a version introduced in 2020. Debate over the rule has been ongoing since the rule was first issued in 2013.

The 2025 National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) will take place June 16-18 at the Westin Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa. A panel session titled, “The Impact and Benefits of Instant Payments to Real Estate Settlement Services,” is set for the final day of the conference.

Amid ongoing discussions about housing affordability, federal regulators published information about states where home prices have seen the most significant increases over the past year. Learn more about this and other topics in this roundup.

A federal court is considering a request for a temporary stay on litigation in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Federal Reserve’s bank stress testing regime. The plaintiffs joined with the Fed in asking for a halt in proceedings, acknowledging the agency’s “good-faith effort” to address transparency concerns raised in the suit.

The minutes from the May 6-7 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee offer key insights into the considerations behind its recommendation for the Federal Reserve to leave the federal funds rate unchanged at a target range of 4.25 to 4.5 percent and the direction interest rates could be headed in the near future.