The Lede

The Urban Institute, May 16, 2016--Goodman, Laurie; Zhu, Jun The authors said two-to-four-unit buildings disproportionately provide housing and income to low-income communities and minority owners and renters and suggests that overcorrection by policymakers caused why obtaining these loans has become more difficult.

Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2016--Sparshott, Jeffrey A gauge of home-builder sentiment was unchanged in May, a sign of steady growth for the housing market.

Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2016--Zeng, Min U.S. government bonds pulled back on Monday as investors took some chips off the table following the market's biggest weekly price gain in more than a month.

Washington Post, May 16, 2016--Mui, Ylan Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said has led the Richmond Fed since 2004 and has been a vocal critic of the central bank's easy-money stance. Now, he says the Fed might be falling behind the curve as the economy strengthens.

New York Post, May 16, 2016--Weiss, Lois The fall-off in sales at US brick-and-mortar stores is starting to hit Manhattan's pricey commercial real estate.   

National Mortgage News, May 16, 2016--Sinnock, Bonnie The good news for mortgage lenders: Freddie Mac will soon roll out a suite of tools that should speed loan sales to the GSE. The catch: lenders will have to wait a little longer for a related change that will reduce their liability for buying back defective loans from Freddie.

Housing Wire, May 16, 2016 Mortgage rates are forecasted to hover around the 4% level for about another year as the market awaits future Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, Mike Fratantoni, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association, said in a press conference at the MBA Secondary conference in New York City.

Mortgage News Daily, May 16, 2016--Swanson, Jann Despite a mortgage lending environment that is both the most conservative and safest we have ever seen, Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO David Stevens said on Monday that most lenders feel like the mortgage industry is under attack

Mortgage Daily, May 16, 2016 As players in the secondary mortgage market meet in the Big Apple this week, the leader of the industry's prominent trade group talked about the industry's challenges.

National Mortgage Professional, May 16, 2016--Hall, Phil The future of the mortgage profession will be defined by the industry's willingness to fight for what it believes to be is right, according to David Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

National Real Estate Investor, May 17, 2016--Bell, Diana Off to a wobbly start in 2016, the lending landscape for commercial real estate is expected to bolster as the year progresses.