First Franklin Financial Corp., San Jose, Calif., has announced a commitment to sponsor at least eight homebuilding worksites in 2004 and 2005 in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International.The local Habitat for Humanity affiliate for each worksite will receive financial and volunteer support from First Franklin's local sales offices, the company said. First Franklin said the commitment represents its second consecutive year of support for Habitat for Humanity, which builds homes for low-income families through homeowner and volunteer participation and then sells the houses to the homeowner family at no profit.
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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.
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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