Tag Archives: Financial Crisis

The current housing market is similar to the market of the 1980s. History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes, says First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming.

"There are economic signals pointing to recession but also signs that a 'soft landing' may be in the offing," said Doug Duncan, SVP and Chief Economist, Fannie Mae.

A group of seven banks and trade groups are taking legal action in the Eastern District of Texas, challenging the Bureau’s update to the Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices Section of its exam manual, and for potentially violating the Administrative Procedure Act.

Michael Merritt of BOK Financial sat down with DS News to explain how the lessons learned from the financial crisis of 2008 smoothed a path of communication between servicers and their clients during the pandemic.

With plenty of room to expand, mortgage credit access restricts slightly.

A decade after bonds tied to U.S. home loans contributed to the financial crisis, British investment bank and financial services company Barclays is returning to the residential mortgage-backed securities market, Reuters reports. Many banks retreated from selling and trading portions ...

Here's why researchers at the American Enterprise Institute say proposed rules from the FHFA would be insufficient in a financial crisis.

A recent AEI conference featured a morning panel in which five financial scholars discussed what has been determined to be the principal causes of the crisis. Click through to watch the discussion in full.

This weekend marks "Lehman Brothers Weekend," the 10-year anniversary of the start of the Financial Crisis. See what those instrumental in handling the crisis learned, and how our current housing market compares to the pre-crisis market.

Ten years later, experts are revisiting the financial crisis and its consequences. What have we learned since?