New Century Financial Corp., Irvine, Calif., has priced a public offering of 13.5 million shares of common stock at $58 per share, for gross proceeds of $783 million.The joint book-running managers of the offering are UBS Securities LLC and Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co., and the co-lead managers are Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. The underwriters have been granted an option to buy up to 2.025 million additional shares of the stock to cover any overallotments. In related news, New Century reported that it has agreed to sell 636,885 shares of common stock to Friedman, Billings and Ramsey Group Inc. at $58 per share (less certain discounts) in a private placement. New Century can be found on the Web at http://www.ncen.com.
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The increasing frequency and severity of droughts was top of mind for panelists at AmeriCatalyst's "Going to Extremes" conference Thursday.
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In a Senate hearing, Director Sandra Thompson said a raise to the required income threshold provided to affordable housing was on the table, while housing regulators also faced questions related to property insurance hikes and title insurance waivers.
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The nonpayment rate for non-qualified mortgages is up 21 basis points from February and 134 basis points from March 2023, Morningstar DBRS said.
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The government mortgage-bond guarantor will require additional information on foreclosure prevention actions, and retire some forbearance reporting.
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But views are split, at least in the near-term on whether rising mortgage rates are holding back the Spring home purchase season.
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The top five producers had an average dollar volume of FHA loans of more than $50 million in 2023.
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