Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

The agency considers a proposal that would prevent home lenders from passing on title insurance costs to home buyers.

Stephan will also continue in her current role leading the FHFA Office of Financial Technology.

Chew joins the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and will continue in her role as Deputy Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Fairness (OEOF).

S&P CoreLogic Case-Schiller and FHFA home price indices both note slight decline from December, though.

Fourth-quarter decline in median appraised value concentrated in the Midwest, FHFA reports.

CoreLogic, FHFA Home Price Indices kick off year of expected home price highs.