The Mortgage Bankers Association has announced a $500,000 commitment to Habitat for Humanity International to provide a program management office for Habitat's rebuilding efforts in Gulf Coast areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.The MBA said the commitment will enable Habitat's Gulf Coast efforts to begin with the Operation Home Delivery program, which it termed "an unprecedented effort to build more houses in the U.S. than any other previous Habitat project." The association noted that the commitment followed its recent donation of $100,000 to the American Red Cross (plus staff contributions of $8,600) toward its post-Katrina relief efforts. The MBA can be found online at http://www.mortgagebankers.org.
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The drop in the annual metric for FHA loans was the biggest in over four years but other performance indicators ICE Mortgage Technology tracked were mixed.
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NJ Lenders suffered a cyberattack last August, which potentially exposed the names and social security numbers of about 30,000 individuals.
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Its origination volume of $621.8 million was an increase of $114 million compared with the first quarter but its gain-on-sale was 5 basis points lower.
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The mortgage subsidiary of PlainsCapital Bank saw improvement in its bottom line but remained in the red amid ongoing affordability constraints.
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Though the crimes occurred earlier this decade, they highlight how much easier it has become to create false documents today, given the rise of artificial intelligence.
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The "stay-put" economy, along with higher mortgage rates, is responsible for this shift where home equity and seconds have a 17.5% market share, Benutech found.
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