The Lede

HousingWire, Aug. 24, 2018--Kelsey RamirezFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's remarks come just days after President Donald Trump reportedly complained to Republican donors at a fundraiser in the Hamptons that Powell was raising interest rates.

National Real Estate Investor, Aug. 24, 2018--David Bodamer Five of the top 10 markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts in the first half of 2018 showed increased activity compared to the same period in 2017.

National Mortgage News, Aug. 24, 2018--Bonnie Sinnock (subscription)Moody's Investors Service downgraded JPMorgan Chase's prime jumbo mortgage originator assessment to its second-highest rating, citing the bank's growing reliance on correspondents with delegated underwriting authority and shortcomings in its technology infrastructure.

HousingWire, Aug. 24, 2018--Jeremiah JensenLast November, Facebook partnered with Zumper and Apartment List to add rental listings to Facebook Marketplace. Now, a little under a year later, Facebook is at it again, this time with Rental Beast, a software-as-a-service rental listing platform that provides millions of rental listings.

Mortgage Daily, Aug. 24, 2018New quarterly business moved modestly higher at Quicken Loans Inc., as did the company's mortgage servicing portfolio.

Wall Street Journal, Aug. 26, 2018--Aaron Back (subscription)A promising rebound in loan growth now appears to be fading. That could become an issue, especially for small and midsize lenders.

American Banker, Aug. 24, 2018--John Heltman, Rachel Witkowski (subscription)Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting has been a vocal proponent of the need to overhaul the rules that the OCC--along with the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.--use to implement the decades-old law, which requires banks to extend credit and services to low- and moderate-income customers in communities they serve.

Mortgage Daily, Aug. 24, 2018Mortgage Daily's U.S. Mortgage Market Index for the week ended Aug. 24 fell 2 percent from the preceding week.

The MBA Compliance Essentials program offers a new Resource Guide: Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts and Practices (UDAAP) & FTC Mortgage Acts and Practices Advertising (MAP) Rule.

The MISMO Fall Summit takes place Sept. 24-28 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tyson's Corner, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C.