Since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability-to-repay rule was implemented in January 2014, bank mortgage operations have grown as a whole, according to a new analysis of call-report data by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Retail originations, mortgage banking income and portfolio holdings at banks and thrifts have all increased since the first quarter of 2014, suggesting the ATR rule has done little to crimp mortgage activity by banks. Banks had $93.06 billion in retail originations ...