Criimi Mae, a real estate investment trust based in Rockville, Md., may be up for sale, and BREF One, the company's largest shareholder, is a potential buyer.Criimi Mae said it has hired Citigroup Global Markets as its financial adviser to assist in undertaking a review of its strategic alternatives, which it said may include a sale of the company. The commercial mortgage REIT reported that it has received some "nonbinding indications of interest from a number of potential counterparties," including an affiliate of BREF One. The independent members of Criimi Mae's board of directors will evaluate all proposals and make recommendations to the board. Criimi Mae can be found online at http://www.criimimaeinc.com.
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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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