John Maxfield

This morning, BB&T reported pre-tax earnings that grew on a year-over-year basis even though revenue from its residential lending operations fell by 44.5% compared to the third quarter of 2012.

In this segment of The Motley Fool's financials-focused show, Where the Money Is, banking analyst David Hanson is joined by banking sector contributor John Maxfield to dig deep into the third-quarter results of Bank of America, the nation's third largest bank by assets.

Goldman Sachs also increases quarterly dividend from $0.50 to $0.55 per share.

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday that applications for home loans rose last week by 0.3% compared to the previous seven-day period.

Today's top stories for the banking and financial sector.

Wells Fargo's repeated references to its diversified revenue streams ring a bit hollow when you examine the actual numbers.

The tide seems to be turning at Ohio-based KeyCorp, as the regional bank saw earnings grow compared to the same quarter last year.

PNC Financial added its name to the list of lenders that improved earnings but struggled to prop up its top line in the third quarter.

U.S. Bancorp evidently didn’t get the memo about the headwinds facing the financial industry. Earlier today, the nation’s largest regional bank reported third-quarter earnings that were almost indistinguishable from both the second quarter, and the same period last year.

The nation’s second largest bank by assets reported earnings this morning for the three months that ended Sept. 30. While there were a fair number of both highs and lows scattered throughout the figures, it was altogether a boring quarter -- which is just fine by Bank of America.

Before the market opened yesterday, Citigroup added its name to the list of banks that performed abominably last quarter.

Why JPMorgan's third-quarter earnings may be worse than you first thought.

A deep dive into Wells Fargo's third-quarter earnings proved that there was more to the bank's success than meets the eye.

JPMorgan Chase shocked investors by reporting a loss in the third quarter of the year. Perhaps more shocking than the loss itself, though, is what it implies about the honesty of the people running the bank.

The nation's largest mortgage originator reported on Friday that originations dropped by 29% in the third quarter of this year.

One of the most disturbing aspects of the shutdown is the absence of critical economic reports that are being released.

Real estate experts weigh in.

Some of the reasons won’t come as a surprise, but others are less obvious and may save you from making a critical mistake.

Optimism over the debt impasse and positive earnings sent the market soaring at the end of last week.

A handful of mortgage experts weigh in on the five things you should know about mortgages, but probably don't.