Finance & Mortgage

JP Morgan, Credit Suisse Settle SEC Cases for $417 Million

JPMorgan Chase & Co and Credit Suisse Group will pay a combined $416.9 million to settle U.S. civil charges that they fraudulently misled investors in residential mortgage-backed securities offerings.

Mortgage Delinquency Rate Falls in Third Quarter

Fewer homeowners were behind on mortgage payments in the third quarter as the housing market recovery made progress, data from an industry group showed on Thursday.

Bernanke: Housing Not Yet Out of the Woods

The improving housing market is "far from being out of the woods," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday, arguing that overly tight lending standards are part of the problem.