Fannie Mae has announced a three-year agreement under which it will purchase at least 25,000 mortgage loans to first-time homebuyers generated by brokers with the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.Fannie Mae said the pact strengthens its partnership with NAHREP and focuses on increasing first-time homeownership in underserved, minority, and immigrant communities. The arrangement is part of Fannie Mae's American Dream Commitment, under which it has pledged to create 6 million first-time homebuyers (including 1.8 million from minority families) by 2014.
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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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