Ambac Financial Group may benefit from something in Bank of America’s 10-K filing posted Tuesday evening regarding its plans to pay for representation and warranty breeches. …read more

ForbesWe are also extending the Forbes brand into nonmedia areas through licensing partnerships in education and real estate to establish Forbes-branded towers and soon business clubs. I am excited to be a part of Forbes’ evolution to what we are calling a … …read more

The “regulator with zeal” heading New York’s Department of Financial Services says Ocwen Financial has a “number of potential conflicts of interest” with other public companies it’s dealing with, and he wants his questions answered. …read more

The head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau declared that the CFPB is a “regime (that) will govern the mortgage servicing market – including both the banks and their nonbank competitors – in perpetuity.” Awesome. …read more

As regulators try to limit the amount of growth at those firms, they may expand lending operations. That could lead to a negative impact on the credit ratings of the firm, Moody’s said. …read more

Buying costs less than renting in all 100 large U.S. metros, according to the Rent vs. Buy Report from Trulia. …read more

Are you reading this on your phone? You might want to give this blog a read as threats of potential hackers heighten. …read more

By drhousingbubble Americans like to believe that they are movers and shakers and will follow the opportunity wherever it may be. The idea of selling your home and moving across the country for a great new job opportunity seems to be a common notion of how things happen. However the data shows us a very […]

Morgan Stanley is finalizing a $275 million agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle the SEC probe into the bank’s subprime mortgage bond trades going back to 2007. …read more

Low rates of violent crime, property crime, and the chances of being a victim of a crime make these suburbs a safe bet. …read more

The purchase-only house price index increased in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the nation and decreased in Delaware from the third quarter to the fourth in 2013, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. …read more

The purchase-only house price index increased in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the nation and decreased in Delaware from the third quarter to the fourth in 2013, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. …read more

The purchase-only house price index increased in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the nation and decreased in Delaware from the third quarter to the fourth in 2013, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. …read more

Home sales jumped 9.6% on a monthly basis in January from December, but just 1.2% on a three-month rolling average. …read more

Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. posted the 17th straight quarterly increase since 2009 due to an $8.1 billion decline in loan-loss provisions. However, the industry is not through the storm just yet, with several factors still inhibiting progress. …read more

Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation posted the 17th straight year-over-year increase due to an $8.1 billion decline in loan-loss provisions. However, the industry is not through the storm just yet, with several factors still inhibiting progress. …read more

Home improvement store Lowes witnessed a strong year and posted net earnings of $306 million for the fourth quarter. But despite the improvement, recent slowdown in both housing activity and jobs growth keeps the company cautious. …read more

Mortgage applications fell 8.5% from a week prior continuing its downward trend for the week ended Feb. 21, as purchase activity failed to meet market expectations. …read more

Home sales and construction permits are up, which paints a strong picture for another housing push. But another pivotal factor is at play that could help put American’s into homes. …read more

By Mandelman Some urban myths just will not die. Remember Stella Liebeck? She won $2.7 million from suing McDonald’s in 1994, after spilling a cup of coffee in her lap and suffering third-degree burns. It’s a story that became the rallying cry for tort reform and led to an HBO documentary, “Hot Coffee,” which featured […]

By Mandelman Some urban myths just will not die. Remember Stella Liebeck? She won $2.7 million from suing McDonald’s in 1994, after spilling a cup of coffee in her lap and suffering third-degree burns. It’s a story that became the rallying cry for tort reform and led to an HBO documentary, “Hot Coffee,” which featured […]

Vietnam’s Market Emerging Again With Vietnam Opportunity Fund’s Andy HoForbes… be aware they may need to register for the website again (possibly with a different e-mail address) as the Forbes site was recently hacked as explained here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/02/20/how-the-syrian-electronic-army-hacked … …read more

Introducing PeerSpace, An Airbnb For Small BusinessesForbesIts founders, Rony Chammas and Matt Bendett, hope it can be the B2B equivalent of Airbnb — and believe it might even be a palliative for the real estate crunch that the tech boom has inflicted on San Francisco, where they’re based. CEO Rony Chammas … and more …read […]

Mortgage data and analytics provider Clear Capital is reducing its staff as it phases out a legacy valuation system. …read more

Mortgage data and analytics provider Clear Capital is reducing its staff by around 100 employees as it phases out a legacy valuation system. …read more