On July 2, the Federal Reserve released its rule implementing the international
BASEL III capital standards.
To make the impact of
the BASEL III rule more clear, NAR regulatory analyst Charlie Dawson and Senior Economist Ken Fears sit down for a discussion that gets at the heart of the issue in this 4 - minute video.
With QM and
BASEL III released, there's much less of the regulatory uncertainty that lenders have been concerned about since the big Wall Street reform bill, Dodd - Frank, was enacted a few years ago.
BASEL III: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released a proposal addressing Revisions to the Standardized Approach for Credit Risk, which outlines the risk - weighting regime for credit exposures for those using the standard approach.
Requiring Banks to maintain a stake in every mortgage loan lent (currently 99 % sold, retaining servicing payments)
BASEL III which the U.S. Bank's are now following will greatly increase their reserve requirements and dramatically reduce the Mortgage loans Banks will be able to do!!
The industry has tightened its guidelines, and installed the proper reform measures to regulate and supervise the risk management of the industry, such as
BASEL III.
He says they are hyper - focused on risk because they must comply with new regulations including
BASEL III, which requires every construction loan to have a minimum of 15 percent cash invested in the loan.