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University Bank adds four reverse mortgage veterans to its HECM division

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University Bank ’s reverse mortgage division has added four key hires across different disciplines as it prepares to grow further in the reverse mortgage space. Both Droge and Olmos come to University Bank from Open Mortgage , which shuttered its own top 10 reverse mortgage lending division late last year.

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First Internet Bank is shuttering its consumer mortgage business

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First Internet Bank is shutting down its consumer mortgage business due to a steep decline in mortgage volumes and the negative outlook for mortgage lending that is forecasted to continue for the next several years. It will also include the company’s local traditional consumer mortgage and construction-to-permanent businesses.

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Flagstar Bank and the one-stop mortgage shop

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Flagstar Bank , a top-25 U.S. Flagstar made news in recent months, expanding its footprint and further diversifying its business model with the completion of the merger with New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) and the acquisition of certain financially and strategically complementary parts of Signature Bank.

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FDIC to sell $114B in MBS seized from failed regional banks 

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has decided, in a “gradual and orderly” move, to sell a portfolio of $114 billion in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) it retained after seizing control of failed regional banks Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). To illustrate, SVB failed to raise capital to plug a $1.8

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Bankrupt AmeriFirst Financial wants court to green light private sale of loans  

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Bankrupt retail lender AmeriFirst Financial is seeking approval for a private sale of loans from a Delaware bankruptcy judge to pay off two warehouse lenders and fund restructuring costs. If approved, AmeriFirst’s retail and commercial loans worth more than $5 million will be sold to a non-QM lender Oaktree Funding Corp.,

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Former Fannie Mae chief named as CEO of Silicon Valley Bank N.A.

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has named former Fannie Mae CEO and Blend president Tim Mayopoulos as CEO of Silicon Valley Bank N.A. , an FDIC-operated “bridge bank” meant to protect all depositors of the now shut-down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The bank failed to raise capital to plug a $1.8

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Silicon Valley’s ‘bridge bank’ resumes mortgage originations 

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Silicon Valley Bank resumed mortgage originations on Tuesday via its newly established “bridge bank” — just four days after California state regulators took possession of the financial institution and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) as receivers. was open for business. They took a $1.8

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