Jefferies continues to expand its residential/commercial mortgage- and asset-backed securities effort with the hiring of a new managing director and head of the company's MBS/ABS/CMBS group in Boston. Mark Plansky, who previously worked for Barclays for eight years, was hired to lead the Boston securitization group. Jefferies said its MBS/ABS/CMBS group now includes more than 60 sales, trading and origination professionals in the U.S. and London, including former RBS Greenwich Capital CMBS researcher Lisa Pendergast, whom it hired in June as head of CMBS strategy and risk.
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A Treasury proposal would remove race and ethnicity from the criteria community development financial institutions can use to establish a targeted market population, a move that could affect institutions serving minority communities.
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A top official at the Office of Inspector General says significant budget cuts will force large layoffs and essentially eliminate enforcement activities.
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The fraud prevention firm has taken an approach to consolidation and a more connected experience similar to that of Rocket and the Real REMAX Group.
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Mutual of Omaha Mortgage originated a pool with mostly adjustable rate mortgages, which account for 66.25% of the pool's aggregate unpaid principal balance.
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Zillow now predicts mortgage rates to end 2026 over 7%.
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Larger public companies' high-profile servicing acquisitions tend to get the spotlight, but the two top leaders in the Ginnie MSR market are quieter players currently run as private companies.
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