Lorain, Ohio-based National Bank has signed a non-binding agreement to acquire Mortgage One Banc, also headquartered in Lorain.Lorain National will pay an undisclosed amount of cash for the mortgage company. "We see this opportunity as a logical step for Lorain National Bank. We feel Mortgage Banc will substantially improve our presence in the consumer mortgage area," said James Kidd, president and chief executive of LNB Bancorp. Mortgage One operates through multiple delivery channels in Ohio. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter.
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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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