Plaza Home Mortgage names Philip Yee and James Pathman to executive roles

Pathman brings more than 20 years of IT leadership experience within the mortgage and finance industry to his new role. Prior to joining Plaza, he served as the CEO at Data Resolution. He also previously has held executive information technology positions at Lehman Brothers and a number of national
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Companies are pushing forward with global expansion plans and putting cash stockpiles to work despite more nationalist and protectionist political rhetoric, as top firms focus on buying growth rather than relying on slower organic growth. “The aspiration for large scale M&A is there. We have not seen
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Advocacy groups said Friday that Texas is poised to unfairly distribute billions in federal funding provided for housing repairs following Hurricane Harvey's devastation — prioritizing wealthy homeowners over poorer victims in ways that could constitute racial discrimination.
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The Federal Reserve meets for its third scheduled meeting of the year and it's expected to hold the Fed Funds Rate unchanged until June; today's mortgage rate trends for conforming, FHA, USDA, jumbo, and VA loans; and, with mortgage rates spiking, the importance of staying patient while you're trying
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In the first quarter, Fortune Brands' cost of sales before charges/gains increased 5.5% year over year to $816.5 million. It represented 65.1% of net sales compared with 65.2% in the year-ago quarter. Selling, administrative, and research and development expenses before charges/gains grew 8.1% year
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SALT LAKE CITY — While the Beehive State can boast one of the most robust economies and housing markets in the country, that strength has created a challenging circumstance for young would-be homebuyers, a new report says. According to California-based realtor.com, a combination of low
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The IT problems at TSB stretched into their fifth day on Friday, as many of the bank's customers continued to be locked out of their online accounts, causing uncertainty for those with end-of-month bills to pay. TSB, which has not been able to restore online or mobile banking for hundreds of thousands of
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House prices reached a new record high of on average in April, according to an index. Property values edged up by 0.2% month on month, reversing a 0.2% dip seen in March, according to figures from Nationwide Building Society. The annual pace of UK house price growth also accelerated to 2.6%,
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CREIT is a real estate investment trust focused on accumulating and aggressively managing a portfolio of high-quality real estate assets and delivering the benefits of real estate ownership to unitholders. The primary benefit is a reliable and, over time, increasing monthly cash distribution. CREIT owns a
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The seven-year, floating-rate loan was secured through Freddie Mac's CME Program. Loan proceeds were used to refinance expiring construction financing. Completed in 2017, the 216-unit Palisade Park is 95 percent occupied and comprises one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 731
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MIAMI LAKES, FL (April 27, 2018) — JetStream Federal Credit Union announces that Ileana Izquierdo has been named assistant vice-president (AVP) of lending. She will have the primary responsibility of assisting the vice-president/chief lending officer (CLO) with strategic lending growth, while
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It's no secret that Kelowna is growing, and with an increase in population comes more competition for housing. Now, one condo development is marketing itself as the solution to that problem for buyers who are looking to get into the market. However, not everyone agrees that's the right way to deal with
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The report gives the detailed overview of Global Lease Management Software Market 2018 and predicts future market trends throughout the forecast period from 2018 to 2023. Also the report executes the great study of Price and Gross Margin, Capacity, Production, Revenue, current Lease Management
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WASHINGTON ― The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced this week that it is reducing a surcharge on American defense goods sold abroad from 3.5 percent to 3.2 percent, effectively dropping the price foreign nations have to pay when buying weapons through the Foreign Military Sales
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For many real estate agents, social media has become a powerful marketing tool to promote listings, reach clients and make important connections within the industry. It also allows agents to post in real-time and instantly update their followers when a new property hits the market. This is especially
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… securities, mortgage servicing rights, and other financial assets. And now, the company is preparing to expand its agency RMBS business by acquiring CYS Investments, a fellow mortgage REIT that specializes in investing in agency RMBS backed by fixed rate single-family residential mortgage loans,
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So, Real Estate (Regulation & Developmen) Act, 2016 is here and now all grievance will be taken care of, the Regulator will tighten the builders and all that was wrong in real estate sector is going to be set right. One year ago, this was what was expected of RERA — a quick -fix solution for years of rot.
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This week, HousingWire Editor-in-Chief Jacob Gaffney is joined by Reporter Kelsey Ramírez and Online Editor Caroline Basile to discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final amendment to TRID's Know Before You Owe rule, disappointing GDP results, mortgage rates, and Freddie Mac's
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New Residential Investment Corp. reported a 400% year-over-year increase in net income as its servicing revenue improved dramatically over the previous year. The company posted net income of $604.3 million for the first quarter, up from $288.3 million in the fourth quarter and $121.4 million in the first
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