At midyear, GMAC Commercial Holding was the No. 1 commercial mortgage servicer in terms of total named servicing volume, with a $240.70 billion portfolio, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.No. 2 on the list, Wachovia Securities, is well behind GMAC, with a portfolio totaling $140.51 billion. The rankings are based on the MBA's survey of large commercial mortgage-backed securities servicers -- with at least $1 billion in named CMBS servicing volume -- for the period ending June 30. Also on the list -- which includes the servicer's CMBS, life company, and other commercial mortgage loans serviced -- are: Midland Loan Services ($102.43 billion); Lennar Partners ($100.57 billion); GEMSA Loan Services ($60.67 billion); Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Servicing ($44.26 billion); Bank of America ($44.22 billion); Prudential Asset Resources ($43.51 billion); ARCap Servicing ($42.61 billion); and Washington Mutual Bank ($32.43 billion). The MBA can be found online at http://www.mortgagebankers.org.
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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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