Bank of America and Wells Fargo were among banks that tightened credit standards for mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration in a move that may put a crimp in the U.S. housing recovery by effectively eliminating…
When QE2 is complete, the Fed’s bond purchases will have injected $1.7 trillion in liquidity into the markets since 2008 in an effort to boost corporate investment in new production and new jobs in the U.S. Instead, companies …
Applications for mortgages dropped last week, as demand for refinancing loans fell.
The Market Composite Index, which measures total applications for mortgage loans, slipped 14.4% from a week earlier, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The figure does n…
William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, struck back at critics of the Fed’s asset buying program, saying they “do not understand” the tools available to the Fed.
“People do not understand clearly” that “we can have an enla…
Flawed foreclosure paperwork could inflict huge losses on the nation’s top banks and spread chaos through the housing market, according to a congressional report.
Accusations that major mortgage lenders including Bank of America Corp. (BAC), used fla…