Wall Street mortgage-backed securities professionals performing at a rock 'n' roll benefit in New York raised more than $30,000 for two charities Tuesday night, according to an event organizer.The event, at which bands from Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers performed, drew approximately 500 people. The money raised will benefit the Dorothy Rodbell Cohen Foundation for Cancer Research and Scholarship America, a charity known on Wall Street for having helped raise funds for the children of MBS professionals who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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The industry analyst also described the significant refinance opportunity should rates decline slightly, and the threshold where home prices soften or firm up.
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The Arkansas-based company spent nearly four years on the M&A sidelines, grappling with asset quality issues and litigation tied to its 2022 acquisition of Texas-based Happy State Bank. Now it's signed a letter of intent to buy an unnamed bank.
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The company cited efforts to improve profitability behind its decision, with Popular joining a line of other banks in ending mortgage operations in 2025.
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The mortgage unit of Hilltop Holdings lost $7.2 million pretax in the third quarter with lower volume, following making a small profit three months prior.
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FHA loans accounted for about half of the annual rise in foreclosure starts and 80% of the rise in active foreclosures in September, according to ICE.
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The Federal Reserve Friday issued a set of proposed changes to its stress testing program for the largest banks that would disclose the central bank's back-end stress testing models, a move that the Fed had long opposed out of fear of making the tests easier for banks to pass.
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