Will the Fed’s new liquidity facility restore confidence?

March 14, 2023by

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. on Monday, one day after the Fed announced the...

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Biggest plunge in bond yields since Volcker era on bank fears

March 14, 2023by

The shift in short-term interest rate markets Monday was unlike almost anything seen for more than four decades, including...

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Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sees swap rates fall by 0.4%

March 14, 2023by

The collapse of tech-focussed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has seen swap rates “nosedive” with 0.4% off the money market...

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Moody’s puts First Republic, five U.S. banks on downgrade watch

March 14, 2023by

Moody's Investors Service placed First Republic Bank and five other U.S. lenders on review for downgrade, the latest sign...

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New mortgage commitment value falls in Q4 2022, says BoE

March 14, 2023by

The value of new mortgage commitments in the final quarter of 2022 stood at £58.4bn, says the Bank of...

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Silicon Valley Bank’s ‘old-fashioned’ failure highlights lingering risks

March 13, 2023by

"The world's maybe a little bit more scary," John Toohig at Raymond James said after the failure of Silicon...

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Housing Market Tracker: Mortgage rates fall after SVB failure

March 13, 2023by

Last week was wild, and not just for the housing market. We had a 21st-century bank run on Silicon...

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Brokers have had their say in the MFG Rated for Service Awards 2023

March 13, 2023by

Welcome to the inaugural Mortgage Finance Gazette Rated for Service Awards, in association with The Openwork Partnership. Click here for...

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MFG Rated for Service Awards 2023 – announcing the top rated lenders in the industry

March 13, 2023by

Welcome to the inaugural Mortgage Finance Gazette Rated for Service Awards, in association with The Openwork Partnership. Click here...

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Regulators shut Signature Bank, pick industry veteran to run bridge bank

March 13, 2023by

Greg Carmichael, who retired as CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp in July, will lead the bridge bank formed after...

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