Freddie Mac and R&G Financial, a Puerto Rico-based financial holding company, have launched CreditSmart Espanol, an credit education initiative designed to educate Puerto Rican families about homeownership.The campaign aims to teach a wide range of consumer credit and money management skills and to promote good financial habits, such as saving for college education. It consists of 11 modules that cover topics such as: becoming a homeowner; thinking like a lender; establishing and maintaining good credit; banking services; and goal setting. Freddie Mac said the initiative is another effort by the company to help increase homeownership rates among Hispanics. Freddie can be found online at http://www.freddiemac.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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