Loan Think

Bonus depreciation, Section 179, interest and loss limitations — what does it all mean?

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Federal Home Loan banks have significantly increased their lending to large financial institutions in the post-crisis years, but it’s doubtful this activity will create undue systemic stress because it has displaced other, riskier forms of bank funding.

Changes by the National Labor Relations Board ease the tension between one agency requiring lenders to monitor their social media presence and their employees' free speech rights.

Weak profits and the threat of false claims charges are keeping banks out of the market for loans guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The agency’s acting director has recruited several conservative staff members who will likely prove instrumental in charting its future.

Progressives have been setting off alarm bells this week over the Senate’s bill to ease some Dodd-Frank rules, but the changes are more modest than many assume.

Housing regulators should not adopt an alternative credit scoring model until the banking industry is on board.

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Auditing firms cannot be expected to root out evil, or to conduct full forensic investigations.