The Nationwide View of State-Licensed Mortgage Entities and the NMLS Federal Registry Quarterly Report have been released for the third quarter of 2012. For previous quarters see NMLS Reports .

Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus today announced the committee's hearing schedule for the first two weeks of December. The Committee's schedule remains tentative and will depend upon the availability of witnesses and other factors that may require changes.  Therefore, each meeting will become final only when the official notice is distributed.  Additional information about each hearing, as well as a list of witnesses, will be released at later dates. Wednesday, December 5 :  At 10 a.m. the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee will hold a hearing to assess the economic and market implications of the derivatives title of the Dodd-Frank Act.  The hearing will take place in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. Thursday, December 13 :  At 10 a.m. the Financial Services Committee will examine the status of implementation of the Volcker Rule.  Witnesses from the private sector will speak to the destructive effects the Volcker Rule will have on businesses seeking access to the capital markets and on individual investors.  The hearing will take place in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.

Comments from the CAP Housing Team outline how the agency's plan for state-level guarantee fee pricing is an incorrect solution to elongated foreclosure timelines.

Cross posted from WhiteHouse.gov The Obama Administration has continued to bring all available resources to bear to support the states affected by Hurricane Sandy as they continue to respond and recover from the storm. On Thursday, November 15th, the President travelled to New York, marking his second trip to the region since Sandy made landfall. [...]

Fed Reports Record $69.4 Billion Profit for Year Through Sept. Bloomberg The Federal Reserve is having the most profitable year on record as its $2.87 trillion balance sheet is generating a windfall of interest income. The central bank has earned $69.4 billion in the first three quarters of 2012, up from $58.2 billion in the same period ...

Buyers are coming back to the housing market in ever greater numbers, as an industry index measuring contracts to purchase existing homes surged 5.2 percent in October from September.

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing fixed mortgage rates virtually unchanged and r...

Foreclosure Wave Averted as Doomsayers Defied: Mortgages Bloomberg Stockton, California, has the highest U.S. foreclosure rate. It also has a housing shortage. The number of homes for sale in the city fell 42 percent in October from a year earlier. Listings routinely attract multiple offers. Prices are on the rise. When banks pulled ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official, on Thursday urged the U.S. government to give businesses more of incentives to invest the use liquidity the central bank has provided to create jobs.

In a rare interview, former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker told CNBC his namesake rule has already changed how Wall Street does business, despite delays in crafting the final wording.