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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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 vote to approve the $12 per share deal, which rejected a hostile bid from UWM Holdings, came following several postponements of a special meeting.
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A mortgage customer claims his data was compromised in a hack last year at a tax and accounting firm reportedly used by the wholesale giant.
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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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The June jobs report is creating an overhang on economist forecasts for interest rates going forward, especially when combined with recent inflation data.
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