Municipal Mortgage & Equity, Baltimore, has closed a tax credit equity fund, raising $319 million from 16 corporate investors, the multifamily financing company reports.The proceeds from the fund, which the company said is its largest tax credit equity fund so far, will be used to finance 61 affordable multifamily properties nationwide. Michael L. Falcone, president and CEO, MuniMae, said that "the closing of this fund signals a continuing strong demand for our tax credit equity funds, and we are looking forward to another great year in 2005."
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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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