LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., Richmond, Va., has announced the acquisition through a subsidiary of two mortgage credit reporting companies: Far West Credit, Salt Lake City, and CommCo Credit, Orange, Calif.The terms of the deals were not disclosed. Barton Taylor, the founder of Far West, will remain with the company, focusing on business development, LandAmerica said. "These acquisitions are important steps in achieving LandAmerica's vision the premier provider of real estate transaction services," said Ken Goins, president of LandAmerica Info1, which the parent company says is the fourth-largest mortgage credit reporting company in the United States. LandAmerica can be found on the Web at http://www.landam.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 government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.
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