Residential Funding Corp.'s Canadian business unit has closed a $278 million transaction that the company said is the first term securitization of prime alternative-A credit residential mortgages in Canada. The transaction is also the first public, nongovernment term MBS issuance in Canada since 1998, RFC reported. Residential Funding Corp.'s Canadian unit, GMAC Residential Funding of Canada, can be found online at http://www.gmacrfc.ca.
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The plan that the Federal Housing Finance Agency floated calls for Freddie Mac to actively invest in some new closed-end seconds as cash-out refinancing subsides.
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The push comes amid what one expert highlighted as lax funding efforts for two Department of Housing and Urban Development grant programs.
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Conventional lending drove volumes higher, particularly in the purchase market, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
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Net charge-offs at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank increased by more than 80% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier. BofA executives say that the rising losses were in line with the bank's risk appetite.
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In a motion to dismiss UWM's suit, Ramon Walker argues the trademark infringement claim made by UWM is a "pretext to muzzle [his] criticism."
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The Federal Reserve chair's comments coincide with the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington. They also come as groups like the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision are being scrutinized.
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