Freddie Mac and the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women have announced an educational alliance to strengthen the association members' origination and secondary-market knowledge and further their professional development.The offerings will include on-site and Web-based courses as well as customized classes provided by Freddie Mac. The NAPMW will award scholarships to members to attend alliance training courses. Training topics (for both novices and experienced professionals) include loan underwriting, loan pricing and delivery, and servicing. Freddie Mac offers more than 15 courses nationwide and over 30 online. The NAPMW can be found on the Web at http://www.napmw.org.
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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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