Fremont General Corp., the Brea, Calif.-based holding company for mortgage servicer Fremont Investment & Loan, will be removed from the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading March 3, Standard & Poor's has announced. S&P said Fremont has fallen below the $300 million minimum market capitalization required for listing on the index. As of the close of trading on Feb. 29, Fremont's capitalization stood at approximately $79 million, S&P reported. In addition, S&P said Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust will be added to the SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on March 5. S&P can be found online at http://www.standardandpoors.com.
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New jobs in health care largely drove the gains, while the federal workforce and finance continued to shrink.
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Finance of America has not disclosed any incident, but a consumer filed an immediate lawsuit over a lone report of a ransomware gang's recent hack.
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United Wholesale Mortgage lost ground to RKT in one category but held onto a healthy lead in another, an analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data shows.
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HECM endorsements rose 16% in March to 2,117 loans, but monthly volumes remain near their slowest pace since last summer as proprietary reverse products quietly steal market share.
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Which parties are responsible for the surge persisted as a source of debate as community lenders released updated survey data reflecting their average expense.
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The 30-year fixed rate climbed to 6.46% this week, its highest mark since September, as mortgage applications fell 10.4% and sellers outnumber buyers by a record 46%.
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