Three GOP leaders of the House Financial Services Committee, including Chairman Patrick McHenry, say they'll explore possible connections between the agency's alleged "toxic" work culture and its staffing shortages that may have contributed to this year's banking crisis.

Also, Wells Fargo, Finance of America entered into partnerships affecting real estate tax and cybersecurity solutions.

Ratings analysts say the A1 through A3 tranches benefit from total hard credit enhancement of 43.00% of the deal's initial principal balance, which includes subordination and a non-declining reserve account of 1.00%.

Follow-through has been weak, but there's hope lower mortgage rates could improve conditions, according to new housing reports from Redfin and MBS Highway.

Just two of the loans have existing additional debt, representing 11% of the pool. The pool has an in-trust appraisal loan-to-value ratio of 54.5%. On a pooled trust basis, the deal has an LTV ratio of 81.5%.

The company is coming off of a recent period of performance improvements, with gains in net income, cash and cash equivalents.

The market's reaction to the Consumer Price Index report on Tuesday helped to push the 10-year Treasury and 30-year fixed-rate loan lower, Freddie Mac said.

With a scarcity of listings driving high home prices, both repeat and new purchasers are putting the most money down in decades, the report found.

Relationships with brokers will be terminated on Dec. 6, but company officials stressed there would be no impact to its loan servicing or other mortgage channels.

The House Financial Services Committee asked Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Chairman Martin Gruenberg tough questions about alleged workplace misconduct at the agency during a Wednesday hearing, while reiterating concerns about a proposed capital hike.

Loan activity overall came in higher for the second week in a row, with interest rates flattened following an extended volatile period, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

DEXT is very diversified by equipment type. Enterprise technology, medical technology and surgical equipment account for the top three concentrations, representing 22%, 16% and 10% of the portfolio.