WASHINGTON The final risk retention rule may appeal to bankers more than regulators' original proposal, but a comeback for the private-label securitization market still faces enormous obstacles.

When the federal government took immediate measures in response to the housing crisis, their intentions were correct: protect as many families as possible from being displaced, fix regulations to ...

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry testified on Capitol Hill in front of Congress and fellow regulators, warning that the proposed qualified mortgage rule carries significant risk in its current ...

A Supreme Court decision that will set a legal precedent for financial firms trying to meet the new requirements set forth in the Fair Housing Act is approaching. And new research suggests that ...

Financial regulators on Tuesday finally released the final rule defining Qualified Residential Mortgages (QRM). The definition is intended to determine which loans are exempt from the risk retention ...

Failed federal housing policy was the primary driver of the financial crisis, driven in part by regulatory failures and private market excesses. Gallagher said it’s unfortunate that federal regulators ...

Regulators are fleshing out the "qualified residential mortgage" definition, proposing that borrowers be required to pay 20% on down payments on new homes to reduce the risk of default and foreclosure ...

WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. — QRM, a national leader and premier full-service incident response center, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Kirsten M. Early as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ...