Last Thursday, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, another short-term continuing resolution to fund the government until December 20. On Tuesday, FHFA announced plans to repropose the agency’s rule on capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2020. And on Nov. 24, the mortgage loan originator temporary authority law went into effect.

At the recent NEXTDC19 Conference in Washington, D.C., five women of influence in the real estate finance field discussed challenges and opportunities that shaped their careers and helped in transforming the industry. The following are excerpts from that panel discussion.

This week’s chart highlights prices of items that households commonly purchase this time of the year. This is based on data from the Consumer Price Index, a main measure of price inflation published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.