Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has agreed to buy Texas-based Laredo National Bancshares Inc. and its national residential mortgage lending subsidiary, Homeowners Loan Corp., for $850 million.BBVA's announcement about the planned purchase of the Texas company, which specializes in serving the Hispanic market along the U.S.-Mexican border, follows closely on the heels of a BBVA report indicating that the Spanish company also plans to purchase Mexico's biggest privately owned mortgage lender, Hipotecaria Nacional, for $375 million. BBVA can be found online at http://www.bbva.pt.
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After home equity surged in 2023, average gains slowed last year before falling into negative territory over the past 12 months, Cotality said.
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For 2026, the mortgage industry operating environment will improve, while nonbank financial metrics should be within Fitch's rating criteria sensitivities.
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Rohit Chopra is named senior advisor to the Democratic Attorneys General Association's working group on consumer protection and affordability; Flagstar Bank adds additional wealth-planning capabilities to its private banking division; Chime promotes three members of its executive leadership team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The executive order described state legislation on artificial intelligence as a cumbersome patchwork, and pledged to develop a national framework.
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the FHA-insured loan caps for low- and high-cost areas, which are set based on conforming loan limits.
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Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said in statements Friday that their dissents from this week's interest rate decision were spurred by inflation concerns and a lack of sufficient economic data.
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