Kate Berry

Key insight: The judge said the original complaint sought actual damages for Hispanic buyers steered into high-cost loans to buy undeveloped, flood-prone land.

| Key insight: Insurance company borrowing from the Federal Home Loan banks hit a record $177.8 billion last year, a 10% jump from borrowing levels in 2024, which itself was a 13% increase over 2023.

Key insight: Treasury officials are investigating if insurers' pivot into private credit creates hidden, unmanageable risks for policyholders.

| Reporter Kate Berry has covered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for American Banker since 2016.

Key insight: Large institutional investors would still be able to buy single-family homes under a House-drafted housing bill that dropped a ban that had been included in the Senate version of the bill.

| Key insight: Large institutional investors would still be able to buy single-family homes under a House-drafted housing bill that dropped a ban that had been included in the Senate version of the bill.

With the help of Kate Berry, the fashion designer layers a 19th-century manor with sun-washed California charm and—au contraire—Gallic flair

Reporter Kate Berry has covered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for American Banker since 2016. She joined the publication in 2006 covering mortgage... Read full bio

Reporter Kate Berry has covered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for American Banker since 2016. She joined the publication in 2006 covering mortgage... Read full bio

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pulling the plug on remote work, ordering its staff of 1,100 employees to return to work five days per week at a new headquarters in Washington, D.C.