The Eleventh Federal Home Loan District Cost of Funds Index has increased for the eighth consecutive month, reaching 2.183% in January.This is a 6.5-basis-point increase from 2.118% in December. According to data from the website of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, the current streak of increases in COFI is the longest since one that started in July 1999 and ended in December 2000. Since reaching a low of 1.708% in May 2004, COFI has increased 47.5 bps. In comparison, for the first eight months of the streak that began in July 1999, COFI increased slightly more than 50 bps.
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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.
July 2 -
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.
July 2 -
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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