Citigroup has acquired a majority of Irwin Mortgage's $19 billion residential servicing portfolio, investment banking sources have told MortgageWire.Citigroup bought about 60% of the receivables, with three other buyers acquiring pieces of the rest. Two of the smaller buyers have been identified as ABN Amro Mortgage, Ann Arbor, Mich., and MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City. None of the buyers had responded to telephone calls as of MortgageWire's deadline. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Irwin Financial Corp. of Indiana said the sale price on the receivables is $261 million, but that ultimately it will book an $11 million loss on the deal. IFC is the parent of Irwin Mortgage.
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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.
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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.
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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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