First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments, a Boston-based real estate investment trust, has announced a proposed merger with Atlantic Realty Trust.First Union also reported the acquisition of 9.75% of Atlantic's outstanding shares of beneficial interest. Under the proposal, filed Jan. 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Atlantic would be merged into First Union.
Artificial intelligence is fueling litigation risks, from consumer lawsuits against servicers, to more repurchase requests, and vulnerabilities through vendors.
A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin's anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.
Issuances of new HECM-backed securities dropped off in June on both a monthly and yearly basis, according to a new report from New View Advisors.
The vote to approve the $12 per share deal, which rejected a hostile bid from UWM Holdings, came following several postponements of a special meeting.
A mortgage customer claims his data was compromised in a hack last year at a tax and accounting firm reportedly used by the wholesale giant.
The government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.
