Federal Reserve officials have hammered home the importance of bank readiness to borrow from the discount window. Getting banks to actually do so may require the Fed to make structural improvements to the system.

Doma leadership said it has the technology and underwriting capabilities to allow the government-sponsored enterprises to handle the risk refi loans eligible for title waivers under a pilot announced by President Biden last week.

The Congressional Budget Office put an estimate on the net government subsidy provided to the Federal Home Loan Bank System, including the so-called "implied guarantee," on bonds priced and sold to investors.

In an address on Tuesday, economic advisor Lael Brainard also discussed the controversy surrounding the president's proposed title waiver program.

The American Land Title Association, which represents the title insurance industry, argued that the program would not cut costs for those who really needed it.

While some said the agency was ignorant of its own rules, one trade group praised the goals of the posting.

Regardless of the effect housing prices have on ballot decisions, almost two-thirds of respondents indicate that current economic trends left them feeling negative about the economy, Redfin said.

The head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Biden Administration said she will transition from public life starting March 22.

Regulatory reform – rather than Biden's proposed solutions – is needed to fix the inventory crisis, some say, but others applauded the president's buyer cost-cutting initiatives.

The title proposal is part of a broader housing cost reduction proposal being discussed in the State of the Union speech.