Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, is looking to exit the U.S. mortgage market and has hired an investment banking firm to advise it on its options, industry sources have told MortgageWire.A spokeswoman for RBC in Toronto declined to comment. In the fourth quarter, RBC Mortgage originated $3.9 billion in residential loans, ranking 27th nationwide. It services about $4 billion in product. (See the Feb. 28 issue of National Mortgage News for more details.)
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.
The June jobs report is creating an overhang on economist forecasts for interest rates going forward, especially when combined with recent inflation data.
