Federal regulators have offered few clues on what is next for proposed qualified residential mortgage regulations, and the uncertainty in the marketplace has been cited as an impediment to the resumption of non-agency securitization. The agencies are carefully evaluating all of the comments received and are now actively engaged in considering the many issues raised as we determine how best to proceed with the risk-retention rulemaking, Acting Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh said last week. The extended comment period on the proposed rule closed in August ...