The legal battle between Airbnb and the Apartment Investment and Management Company over Aimco’s claims that Airbnb was encouraging residents to violate their leases by renting out their apartments on the short-term rental platform is now over. And everyone appears to be pleased.

In the last few days of his leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney moved to further ease the bureau’s enforcement of the industries that it oversees. Additionally, the CFPB proposal would create a “Product Sandbox,” which would allow and encourage companies to create and test new products and services under safe harbor provisions from the bureau itself.

Reports began to surface this week that the Trump administration is considering naming Mark Calabria to be the next director of the FHFA when Mel Watt’s term is up early next year. But what would Calabria bring to the FHFA and what might that mean for the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Here's a look at what's next, from those in the know.

Over the summer, the Department of Justice gave up its five-year pursuit of former Jefferies managing director and mortgage-backed securities trader Jesse Litvak, ending the DOJ’s effort to jail the trader for allegedly lying to customers about mortgage bond trades. And now, the Securities and Exchange Commission has done the same thing.

In 2018, the housing market experienced its fair share of up and downs, attributed to many factors including affordability and inventory concerns. But as the year comes to an end, homebuyers will be walking into 2019 with more pep in their step. Here’s why.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is facing serious management challenges that are causing longstanding performance and accountability issues. An annual report released by HUD's Office of Inspector General outlines the top six management challenges facing the agency in 2019, and the details aren’t pretty.

In a move that strikes a blow against decades of racial inequality and could prove to a boon to multifamily developers, the city of Minneapolis is on the verge of ending single-family residential zoning. Under the plan, duplexes and triplexes would be allowed in neighborhoods that only previously allowed single-family housing.

Long-time housing finance reform advocate Mark Calabria is reportedly the Trump administration's choice to lead the FHFA after Mel Watt's term ends early next year. Calabria currently serves as Vice President Mike Pence's chief economist. As Pence's economist, Calabria famously called for the end of the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Is that a sign of things to come?