Equifax Could Ironically Gain From Senate Bill Meant to Punish

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo offered an amendment to his own bill late Wednesday that would direct mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to use credit assessments offered by multiple companies, instead of exclusively relying on FICO scores provided by Fair Isaac
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Following the first Banking Code in 2010, the Committee Wijffels published a report in 2013 on the structure of Dutch banks ('Naar een dienstbaar en stabiel bankwezen'). The report paid great attention to the stability of the industry and the importance of competition and diversity in Dutch banking.
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President Trump signs tariffs on imported steel and aluminum at the White House on Thursday. President Donald Trump followed through on his pledge to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, while excluding Canada and Mexico and leaving the door open to sparing other countries on the
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House Republicans will break President Donald Trump's infrastructure plan into multiple pieces of legislation as a way to make progress this year, House Speaker Paul Ryan said. Ryan said the House will first address airports and runways as part of a must-pass reauthorization of the Federal Aviation
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CLEVELAND, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BGL Real Estate Advisors (BGLREA) is pleased to announce the closing of a Department of Veterans Affairs occupied 84,650 square foot office, 122-bed domiciliary, a 115,462 square foot administrative building and a 19,321 square foot tier 3 data center,
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The man uploaded the revealing images to his estate agent's website, where his soft furnishings remained on public display for months. Eventually a friend noticed the blunder and called his pal to warn him, after which the offending picture was taken down. A spokesman for estate agent's 99.co said that
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The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched up another 3 basis points over the past week to 4.46 percent, which is 25 basis points higher than at the same time last year (4.21 percent) and within 12 basis points of a 5-year high (4.58 percent), according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage
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On the basis on the end users/applications, Data Broker market report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, sales volume, market share and growth rate for each application, including: Retail, Government/Public Sector, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment,
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President Donald Trump followed through on his pledge to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, while excluding Canada and Mexico and leaving the door open to sparing other countries on the basis of national security. The president signed a proclamation authorizing the tariffs at a
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But as home prices across the nation continue to rise and the supply of lower-priced homes is drying up, some flippers are having to look for new places to find deals. And some of the emerging flipper hot spots aren't where most folks would expect. The market with the biggest increase in flippers last
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Rose City Mortgage, a Division of Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. (PRMI), donates $100 to a non-profit organization for every loan it closes. The company believes businesses can make a profit while bettering the world, and after 16 years of giving back to the community, it has reached a milestone of
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JaysonPhotography/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As President Trump sent mixed messages on trade tariffs, Wall Street showed less concern over a potential trade war, as all three major indices posted gains Thursday. The Dow Jones rebounded from Wednesday's losses, posting a gain of 93.85 to
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Investors Title Company (ITIC) traded on unusually high volume on Mar. 08, as the stock gained 0.85% to close at $194.13. On the day, Investors Title Company saw 3,125 shares trade hands on 66 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 1,923 shares a day over the last month
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On a recent episode of Remarkable Radio WCKG AM/FM Chicago with Mark Imperial, Debra Hymen, Chicagoland Realtor, discussed Illinois Real Estate Trends. According to Hymen, buyers are more experienced today. Hymen, said “First time homebuyers are a lot more experienced than they used to
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Shelley Chapman ruled in Manhattan Thursday after a 22-day trial to resolve the long-running dispute over Lehman's flawed residential mortgage-backed securities. Her decision puts a final tally on what buyers of the securities, known as RMBS, can recover for breaches by the
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In a statement provided to HousingWire by Mayer Brown, the firm said Tanenbaum denies the allegations against him, but chose to resign in the “best interest” of the firm. “Today, Mayer Brown accepted the resignation of James Tanenbaum, who recently joined the firm. His resignation follows assertions
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One year later: In the year since State Street introduced us to the Fearless Girl, more than 150 companies the bank targeted for not having a female director have added at least one. For companies that haven't made any changes, “the bar is going to be much higher this year,” said Rakhi Kumar, head of
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Recovco Mortgage Management LLC has announced that Brad Young has joined the company in the newly created position of Director of Business Development. Young joins the team to assist in serving Recovco's clients and drive Recovco's brand in loan origination, diligence and transactional
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Since then, Fannie Mae and another GSE, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or “Freddie Mac,” have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In 2012, the U.S. Treasury Department under President Barack Obama modified the terms of agreement with Fannie Mae in a
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