...the failed Wheatland Bank of Naperville, Illinois. The nation's latest bank failure, Ravenswood, is expected to cost the FDIC's deposit insurance fund $68.1 million. Illinois has been a hot spot...

...loans to delinquent homeowners of up to $15,000 to cure arrearages of principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and other advances and fees. The loan was payable over 15 years at a...

...that require originators to repurchase ineligible loans,"" from its Bear Stearns portfolio, as well as the portfolio the central bank took over from insurance giant American International Group (AIG). In...

Joseph A. Jiampietro, senior adviser to "" Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"":http://www.fdic.gov/ (FDIC) chairman Sheila C. Bair will leave the FDIC on August 13. [IMAGE] ""Joe has given the FDIC invaluable...

...mortgage insurance three-fold, from 0.55 percent to 1.55 percent. On April 5th, FHA raised borrowers’ up-front mortgage insurance premiums from 1.75 percent to 2.25 percent â€" a move that did...

...Riggs, the process will be very selective, with some banks and insurance companies taking back properties and leaving them on the balance sheet. He said these properties will be taken...

...a shuffling of funds. FHA moved $9.8 billion from its capital reserves to its ‘financing account,' the fund used to cover insurance claim payouts for loan defaults and losses within...

...mortgage market businesses other than mortgage lenders. FinCEN said this was the result of mortgage loan purchasers and providers of mortgage insurance, certificate insurance, or similar credit enhancements taking an...

...title insurance and settlement company represents an 18 percent increase compared to a year earlier, when First American reported earnings of $28.6 million. The current quarter results include net realized...

...of Coastal Community Bank's assets. [COLUMN_BREAK] The FDIC estimates that the cost to its insurance fund will be $16.2 million for Bayside Savings Bank's failure and $94.5 million for Coastal...