mortgages

FHFA extends comment period on GSE capital proposal

07/31/18

The agency said multiple stakeholders had requested more time to evaluate the proposal.

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CEO change at mortgage unit of WaterStone Bank

07/30/18

Industry veteran A.W. Pickel III became president of Waterstone Mortgage in June, and now the company has decided to promote him to succeed longtime CEO Eric Egenhoefer.

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Leak of harassment probe is politically motivated: FHFA’s Watt

07/27/18

Politico reported Friday that the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is being accused by an employee of making inappropriate sexual advances.

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House passes flood insurance extension with deadline fast approaching

07/25/18

With the program set to expire July 31, the House bill will have to be reconciled with Senate legislation that includes a longer extension.

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Flagstar's 2Q earnings boosted by branch, warehouse deals

07/24/18

The March acquisitions of a warehouse lending portfolio and eight California bank branches helped fuel a 22% increase in net income.

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Credit losses shrink at Capital One

07/19/18

Credit card and auto loans grew again in the second quarter at the McLean, Va., company, and the net charge-off rates of both business lines fell, too.

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Bank CEO's fire-and-rehire maneuver reaps windfall at taxpayer expense

07/19/18

A multimillion-dollar deal between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Stephen Calk, the man who would later become Paul Manafort's banker, was supposed to deliver 400 new jobs to the city. Here's what really happened.

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A better way to assess disparate impact

07/19/18

Debates on the issue often focus on how lending decisions affect certain demographic groups, but those analyses tend to ignore an important factor: default rates.

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House bill would reform and extend flood insurance program

07/18/18

Reps. Ed Royce, R-Calif., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., introduced a bipartisan package of legislation Tuesday to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through Nov. 30.

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Lending slumps at M&T

07/18/18

Repayments on acquired residential mortgage loans were the main reason, but other bottom-line boosters more than made up for that, the Buffalo, N.Y., bank said in reporting second-quarter results.

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