“Mr. McKernan’s deep regulatory experience at the FDIC, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Treasury Department, in private law practice, and as a former Senate staffer–coupled with his background working on housing policy–makes him a strong choice to lead the regulatory reforms necessary to lower compliance costs and pass those savings along to prospective homeowners and renters.” --MBA letter on the nomination of Jonathan McKernan to be the next Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

MISMO, the real estate finance industry's standards organization, announced that it is seeking comment on its new Appraisal Procurement Dataset Specification. The 30-day comment period for this implementation guide runs through March 27, 2025.