WASHINGTON -- Exiting home sales fell 2.2% in August and were down 10.7% from the same period the previous year, the National Association of Realtors reported today.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. --NCUA has established a call center and created a tool kit about its share insurance fund.

WASHINGTON -- They came, they spoke but made no promises.

WASHINGTON -- Although he did not ride in on a horse or draw a gun, NCUA Chairman Michael E. Fryel made clear at NAFCU's Congressional Caucus that there is a new sheriff in town.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans here don't agree on much these days. But the bipartisan group of lawmakers who spoke at NAFCU's Congressional Caucus extolled the work of credit unions before and during the current financial crisis and promised to help them do more by passing regulatory relief.

WASHINGTON -- Forget about the brain, target the heart.

WASHINGTON -- The House today passed a measure that would ban interest rate hikes on existing balances, over-the-limit fees and double-cycle billing.

WASHINGTON -- Senators of both parties today took issue with parts of the $700 billion to buy illiquid assets from financial institutions and the speed with which it has been moving through Congress.