First Magnus Financial -- which closed its doors last week -- filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, listing 20 of its largest unsecured creditors, including Fannie Mae and National Bank of Arizona, Tucson. According to the filing, National Bank is owed $5 million, Fannie, just $550,000. (The Fannie debt is listed as an estimate.) In the filing, the Arizona-based mortgage banker lists assets of $942 million and debts of $812 million, which means, on paper, it is worth $130 million. When First Magnus closed its doors last week, it blamed its problems on "the collapse of the secondary mortgage market."
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There's broad support for the effort to reduce costs and processes, but the Appraisal Institute warns about reducing property valuation quality control checks.
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Foundation had introduced Version 3 of its credit risk model, using the most recent delinquency data, to improve loan performance predictions.
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Fannie Mae's conservator is supporting the government-sponsored enterprise's test within certain boundaries, according to a recent social media post.
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The Senate Banking Committee is slated to consider Christopher Phelen to be the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers on Thursday. Phelen has said in past academic papers that fractional reserve banking is "highly problematic."
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The bureau said the move is intended to remove potentially confusing language with an upcoming revision to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
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