Shelby: Bank bill should include mortgage firms (AP)

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) pauses while taking questions at the Reuters Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, April 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stelios VariasAP – A Democratic plan to rein in the financial industry is flawed because it fails to tighten control over two large government-sponsored mortgage companies blamed for creating a demand for risky loans and inflating the housing bubble, a leading GOP senator on banking issues says.

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Shelby: Bank bill should include mortgage firms (AP)

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) pauses while taking questions at the Reuters Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, April 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stelios VariasAP – A Democratic plan to rein in the financial industry is flawed because it fails to tighten control over two large government-sponsored mortgage companies blamed for creating a demand for risky loans and inflating the housing bubble, a leading GOP senator on banking issues says.

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Shelby: Bank bill should include mortgage firms (AP)

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) pauses while taking questions at the Reuters Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, April 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stelios VariasAP – A Democratic plan to rein in the financial industry is flawed because it fails to tighten control over two large government-sponsored mortgage companies blamed for creating a demand for risky loans and inflating the housing bubble, a leading GOP senator on banking issues says.

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Shelby: Bank bill should include mortgage firms (AP)

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) pauses while taking questions at the Reuters Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, April 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stelios VariasAP – A Democratic plan to rein in the financial industry is flawed because it fails to tighten control over two large government-sponsored mortgage companies blamed for creating a demand for risky loans and inflating the housing bubble, a leading GOP senator on banking issues says.

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China orders quarterly mortgage stress tests (AFP)

People panic while queueing to join a waiting list for new apartments in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province. Banking regulators in China have ordered lenders to conduct quarterly stress tests on mortgages as the government tries to clamp down on bad loans and rein in real estate speculation.(AFP/File)AFP – Chinese banking regulators have ordered lenders to conduct quarterly stress tests on mortgages as the government tries to clamp down on bad loans and rein in real estate speculation.

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Financial crisis panel turns to risky mortgages (AP)

AP – A panel investigating the roots of the financial crisis will press current and former executives of Citigroup Inc. at hearings this week about the bank’s role in spreading trillions of dollars in risky mortgage debt through the banking system.

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Mortgage delinquencies rise to nearly 14 percent (Reuters)

A foreclosed home is seen in Bullhead City, Arizona, November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters – Delinquencies on mortgages rose to nearly 14 percent in late 2009, led by a sharp increase in seriously overdue home loans held by the most credit-worthy borrowers, U.S. banking regulators said on Thursday.

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Mortgage pain persists for BofA, Wells, U.S. Bancorp (Reuters)

A Bank of America sign is pictured outside a bank branch in Charlotte, North Carolina January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters – In a sign that the U.S. banking sector’s problems are far from over, lenders including Bank of America Corp reported falling bond trading revenue and mortgage lending weakness in the fourth quarter.

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Mortgage pain persists for BofA, Wells, U.S. Bancorp (Reuters)

A Bank of America sign is pictured outside a bank branch in Charlotte, North Carolina January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters – In a sign that the U.S. banking sector’s problems are far from over, lenders including Bank of America Corp reported falling bond trading revenue and mortgage lending weakness in the fourth quarter.

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