Freddie Mac has announced the settlement of a $2.5 billion 6% Gold MACS Strip security with a weighted average coupon of 6.399% and a weighted average loan age of 13 months.The issue, designated FHS 228, settled Feb. 17. (The CUSIPs are 31282YDP1 for the interest-only portion and 3128HVDZ9 for the principal-only portion.) The transaction is lead-managed by UBS Investment Bank. Freddie Mac can be found on the Web at http://www.freddiemac.com.
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Doxo plans to fight the FTC complaint, which focuses broadly on consumer finance, but there are signs of confusion about the company's role in mortgages too.
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Members of the LGBTQ community were most likely to have experienced housing bias, according to a Zillow survey, which also found many people don't recognize how fair lending laws could help.
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Senior executives making over $151,000 would still be subject to such clauses should the rule go into effect this year.
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Christopher J. Gallo and his aide, Mehmet A. Elmas, allegedly withheld information in mortgage applications, hiding that borrowers were purchasing second home properties.
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Mortgage rates rose 7 basis points this week, Freddie Mac said, and more increases are likely following a weaker than expected gross domestic product report.
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Independent mortgage bankers lost the most money ever on every loan originated last year due to higher rates and lower volumes, an industry trade group said.
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