Trump’s GSE plan: Familiar solution, familiar problems

Since not long after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were seized by the government a decade ago, policymakers have been circling the same idea for how to revamp the housing finance system. Broadly speaking, that plan would privatize the two government-sponsored enterprises while providing an explicit federal backstop for the mortgage market.

How to prepare to buy a home

The housing market seems to be heating up nationally and even in our small town. With that being the case, I would like to share a few tips and try to offer a better understanding of the home buying and mortgage process for both seasoned and 1st time home-buyers alike from someone's perspective who has sat on both sides of the desk as a loan officer and consumer.

ICE raids Ohio meat plant, arresting nearly 150 workers

Immigration officials lined up dozens of workers, many dressed in white helmets and smocks, outside a meat-processing plant in rural Ohio on Tuesday afternoon in one of the largest recent workplace raids carried out by the Trump administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said 146 workers were arrested as part of a year-long investigation into Fresh Mark, a northern Ohio meat supplier once touted by the government as a partner in preventing hiring undocumented workers.

Contentious Dem Primary in U.S. House District 2 Heads to Runoff

While the first round of voting in the Democratic primary for U.S. House of Representatives in District 2 is over, it appears the caustic, acrimonious showdown between Sean Carrigan and Annabelle Robertson will be a fight to the bitter end as the race heads to a runoff. Robertson, a progressive activist and attorney, picked up 42 percent of the vote in the June 12 primary, edging Carrigan, a real estate agent and retired military veteran, who picked up 40 percent.

Mortgage rates fall for the second week in a row

A Freddie Mac sign stands outside the company's headquarters in McLean, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat and a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said a bipartisan bill to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is too complicated and doesn't do enough to address too-big-to-fail concerns or provide assistance for affordable housing.

Inside the Adelaide home of House Rules stars Jared and Jess

What's eating Johnny Depp? After years of heavy living, a rumored cocaine habit and $30k a month binges on fine wine, fans fear for the health of the 'unrecognizable and sickly' 54-year-old hellraiser REVEALED: Facebook let SIXTY companies, including Apple and Amazon, have 'deep access personal data about users and their friends - and the controversial deals are STILL in place' Joe Biden and backers say he still ISN'T ruling out a 2020 presidential run - and will decide after midterm elections EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Roseanne Barr is pictured looking disheveled outside her Utah home amid racism row as Michelle Wolf slams ABC for ever letting the 'lady Hitler' reboot her show Secrets of a pantry wizard: Mother-of-four who completely transformed her cupboard reveals the two key things you need to give your kitchen a stunning makeover Melania will appear at White House event today, 25 days ... (more)

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

"A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him," argued Frederick Douglass in his Autobiography . Touring Cedar Hill, his stately former residence on a bluff in the Anacostia neighborhood of D.C., during his 200th anniversary year allows visitors to see the form and color of this great man's character.

Schools prepare summer servings for hungry kids

Schools have shifted where students can come for a free lunch this summer with the goal of getting more children fed. Franklin and Clark-Pleasant schools have removed summer lunch locations that didn't draw as many children and added new spots that they expect will be more accessible to parents in need of a free meal for their kids.

A banner week for GOP’s agenda to ease burdens on banks

On Thursday, President Trump signed the biggest rewrite of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law since President Barack Obama signed it after the 2008 financial crisis. President Trump and congressional Republicans, with the help of some Democrats, are enjoying a sudden burst of progress in their agenda to lighten regulations on the financial industry.

Here’s how Inland members of Congress voted on net neutrality, raw milk and crimes against police

VETERANS HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENTS: Voting 347-70, the House on Wednesday passed a bill that would launch the process to realign, consolidate or close some of the Department of Veterans Affairs' 1,200-plus medical centers and outpatient clinics, some of which were built to treat veterans of the Civil War. The bill also would streamline a four-year-old "community care" program in which veterans who live at great distance from Veterans Health Administration medical facilities can receive publicly funded care from close-to-home private-sector providers.

Fannie Mae advocacy ban doesn’t stop lawyer from pushing views

For nearly a decade, a top housing regulator has restricted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from trying to influence the raging debate over whether they should live or die. But despite those limits, a top Fannie Mae executive has done just that over the past few months, quietly meeting with people inside and outside President Donald Trump's administration, according to people familiar with the matter.

Financial Services Weekly News – May 2018 #3

In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published its Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it will seek public comments on whether its 2013 Disparate Impact Regulation is consistent with the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v.