Sector: Financials

2011 was the worst year on record for the nation's builders, in sales and starts, but demand is slowly returning, and the concern is that when demand really surges in the coming years, there will be too little supply to meet it.    Read More

It took more than a year to strike a deal, but here it is, the biggest government-industry settlement in history, surpassing even big tobacco.   Read More

Visa reported better-than-expected earnings Wednesday — and one “Fast Money” trader said the results were foreshadowed if you knew where to look.   Read More

Barely two weeks into a new government program that allows severely underwater borrowers with loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to refinance their loans to lower rates, the numbers are surging.   Read More

Morgan Stanley has surged in recent weeks, and traders are looking for an encore.   Read More

Attorneys general from more than 40 states have signed on to a proposed settlement agreement with five of the nation's largest mortgage servicers over “robo-signing” foreclosure processing abuses, according to the lead negotiator, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.   Read More

The French bank Credit Agricole is planning on major changes to the way it operates in order to avoid new capital requirements being imposed by global financial regulators.   Read More

A potential $25 billion settlement between the nation’s four largest banks and the 50 state attorneys general over faulty foreclosure processing is imminent.    Read More

Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair said Thursday she believed Europe was heading into a recession, but she sounded confident about U.S. banks.    Read More

While homeownership may be a tenet of the “American Dream,” renting is today’s actuality for a growing number of Americans.   Read More