Basel III endgame unlikely to revive banks' mortgage appetite

Mayer Brown partner Eric Edwardson is quoted in this article discussing mortgage capital relief's unlikely revival of banks in the home lending business. "There are certainly banks out there that are more agile themselves ... but not the biggest ones that we think of that have classically had all this," said Eric. "Trying to transition themselves, their culture and all that to something that is more like these independent mortgage banks would be real tough, a tough road for them to go down."