The Federal Housing Finance Agency has announced that it will require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to submit Equitable Housing Finance Plans by year-end and to file annual progress reports on meeting those plans. So reports Financial Regulation News.

As Rocket Auto, part of billionaire Dan Gilbert’s Rocket Companies, announced the launch of a new online vehicle marketplace, the press release emphasized the boost the new venture would get from the organization’s massive mortgage business. So reports The Detroit News.

Jake (not from State Farm), wrote: "I read your advice regarding the loan officer who was thinking about working inside a real estate office. It was very enlightening. I was offered a position working for a builder’s mortgage company. Would all the same concepts apply?"