The Summit County [Ohio] Port Authority has voted to issue $12.5 million in tax-exempt bonds to help homeowners in the region who are facing foreclosure, according to American Homeowner Preservation Inc., Akron, Ohio. The authority approved the use of the bonds to help finance the work of AHP Ohio, a new nonprofit organization that is now accepting applications from distressed homeowners in the Summit County region. AHP Ohio said its program offers qualified homeowners who are behind on their payments and owe more than their house is worth a way of selling their homes and leasing them back at affordable monthly payments. The organization can be found on the Web at http://www.ahpoh.org.
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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.
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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.
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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.
July 2 -
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.
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The government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.
July 2 -
The June jobs report is creating an overhang on economist forecasts for interest rates going forward, especially when combined with recent inflation data.
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