First Horizon Home Loans, Irving, Texas, has acquired the operations of The Equity Group Financial Inc., a mortgage banking company based in Livonia, Mich., for an undisclosed amount.Jay Bobel, EGF's president and founder, will become a senior vice president at First Horizon and will focus on recruiting more mortgage sales professionals, EGF reported. Licensed in Michigan and Ohio, EGF has grown from four associates to more than 100 over the past nine years, according to the company. It can be found online at http://www.egfloans.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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