Originations

Democrats ask if military job was dangled to Manafort lender

04/12/18

Reps. Elijah Cummings and Stephen Lynch sought records related to a banker's communications with former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and the Trump campaign, and about his bank's loans to Manafort.

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What the government gets wrong about fair lending

04/09/18

Loosening lending standards can actually increase the odds that banks get sued for discrimination.

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U.S. is said to restrict lenders in veterans' mortgage crackdown

04/04/18

Two lenders have been punished by Ginnie Mae amid its concern that they enabled costly rapid refinances of veterans' home loans.

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RBC chief warns foreigners using Canadian homes as piggy banks

03/06/18

Foreign inflows are distorting Canada's already constrained housing market and aren't the kind of investment the country needs, the chief executive officer of Royal Bank of Canada said.

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Ginnie Mae threatens to dump lenders from veterans mortgage program

02/08/18

Nine lenders have been warned by the U.S. that they will be kicked out of a top mortgage program within months unless they find ways to stop costly rapid refinances of veterans' loans.

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Lenders to Treasury: Allow alternative to IRS income verification

02/02/18

Problems with the IRS-managed Income Verification Express System, or IVES, have stoked concerns about delayed mortgage closings when volume picks up this spring.

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Boost from M&A cushions tax blow at United Bankshares

01/30/18

Commercial lending and mortgage income surged in the fourth quarter at the West Virginia bank thanks to two acquisitions, but a tax charge cut into profits.

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Wells Fargo cements DeVito's role as head of home lending

01/30/18

Michael DeVito, who was named Wells Fargo's interim head of home lending after the bank fired consumer lending head Franklin Codel, is now officially leading the residential mortgage unit.

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Credit Unions with the Largest Portfolios of First Mortgage Loans

01/29/18

On Sep. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

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SoFi buys teams from mortgage startup Clara to boost offerings

01/26/18

Social Finance has acquired the engineering and product teams of mortgage startup Clara Lending, bolstering the financial technology company's offerings beyond student-loan refinancing, according to people familiar with the matter.

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