Compliance & Regulation

BOK Financial once again generated higher quarterly earnings because of higher mortgage banking income.

We're hearing the unlikely duo of counseling and technology may be useful in reducing lender costs in the light of the qualified mortgage.

Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note have risen to 2.02% from 1.72% since the Fed announced new bond buying on Sept. 13.

After last year’s false start, the government-sponsored enterprises plan to introduce risk-sharing bonds this year.

The Appraisal Institute is warning current homeowners and prospective homebuyers that neighbors play a major role in a property’s overall value.

Bank of America Corp. lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss American International Group’s fraud claims over devalued Countrywide Financial mortgage-backed securities it had to sell as part of the government bailout.

Raj Date has gone from being a banker skeptical of regulation to being a key leader of one of the most powerful banking regulators: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Issues related to default risk and losses associated with delinquent HOAs are the iceberg many in the industry still fail to see.

Americans who inherited good financial habits from their parents, represent 62% of the borrowers who have a financial plan, are confident in their financial future and also are less likely to default on a mortgage loan.

I recently watched a PBS documentary that laid into regulatory officials for not doing more to find executives involved in the massive mortgage-related securities losses taken during the downturn that they could successfully levy criminal charges against.