Rental Payment History vs. Mortgage Delinquency Risk

Rental payment history is indicative of future mortgage loan performance and should be considered when individuals apply for mortgage loans, according to new research from the Urban Institute. “Access to mortgage credit remains overly tight in part because we are not measuring the credit risk of
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Announcement: Moody's reviews Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's Housing Mortgage Finance Program Bonds 2017 Series C, Subseries C-3. Read the full article at Moody's. SEE ALSO: Blackstone is struggling to raise money for the massive, Saudi-backed infrastructure fund it trumpeted last
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LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. is a bank holding company. The company's holdings include LegacyTexas Bank. The Bank offers commercial, small business, and consumer deposit and lending products, title and insurance services through its bank subsidiaries, LegacyTexas Title and LegacyTexas
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MCKINNEY, Texas, April 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Independent Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBTX), the holding company for Independent Bank, announced the addition of Kenneth A. Whitelam, to their Denver, Colorado Commercial Lending team. Mr. Whitelam, a 30-year Commercial Real
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Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Ranking Member of the Housing Committee on Financial Services, introduced new legislation that would strengthen the requirements for and increase oversight on FHA mortgage servicers. “A decade after the devastating foreclosure crisis, we continue to see significant
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“This was an operational error in the movement of collateral between Deutsche Bank's principal accounts and Deutsche Bank's Eurex account,” Charlie Olivier, a spokesman for Deutsche Bank, wrote in an emailed statement. “The error was identified within a matter of minutes, and then rectified.
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Commissioner Kenneth Hayne will need the wisdom of Solomon as he tackles what is fast becoming the most critical issue in the financial sector: how to prevent the $1.6 trillion that Australians have salted away in superannuation savings from being pillaged by unscrupulous financial advisers. Political
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… in 2013. pic.twitter.com/E9RYGldCcB. — Nick Timothy (@NickJTimothy) April 19, 2018. The prime minister's office on Thursday distanced itself from Timothy's claim and said it hadn't made any attempt to substantiate it. Home Office emails from 2013 seen by Bloomberg show that on March 4 that year,
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Relatively low house prices and fast-rising rents are two of the reasons Brantford has been dubbed the best real estate investment market in Canada. MoneySense magazine has placed Brantford at the top of its annual ranking of Canadian communities based on real estate investment potential.
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A rising interest rate environment is very appealing to banks and other lending companies, since there is an opportunity for lenders to take advantage of higher margins, but it isn't without risk. Higher rates of interest can also put a lot of pressure on borrowers and will also increase the risk of default,
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Alumni News and Notes: Tabitha Hyer Gutierrez has been appointed Canyon County area manager at First American Title Company, where her main focus will be on managing and developing business relationships, collaborating with real estate industry professionals and growing the Canyon County
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Law360 (April 19, 2018, 6:59 PM EDT) — Attorneys for Cook County pushed back Thursday against an Illinois federal judge's comments about the value of its lawsuit over an alleged predatory lending scheme run by Bank of America, claiming that it spent more than $20 million to clean up the mess.
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WASHINGTON – Long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed upward this week, slightly worsening affordability for homebuyers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages rose to 4.47 per cent from 4.42 per cent last week. This benchmark rate
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From fraud prevention to customer service, AI is transforming how banks do their day-to-day business, says Ken Wong, head of OCBC Bank's AI lab – and banks that aren't ready to adopt the tech will soon fall behind. In the latest Digital Banking Tracker, Wong reveals how OCBC is hoping to keep AI
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What factors will have the greatest impact on San Antonio residential real estate sales in 2018? The bullet train between San Antonio and Austin will be a significant impact on the San Antonio housing market. This will provide commuters from Austin the ability to purchase more home for their money than
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The competition brought together the top 18 student companies to compete for the title of JA Company of the Year. The first place winner was THE FIND IT, a team from Kellam High School that created a wireless location finder key fob. Several Taylor's Do It Centers are carrying the students' product.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Matthew Goulden, Zephyr Real Estate top-producing agent since 2011, has received the distinguished 5-Star Award for the fourth year in a row. His knowledgeable and passionate approach to real estate places him in the highest regard of both
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Bloomberg's Zoe Schneeweiss reports on the Swiss Franc falling to 1.20 per Euro. She speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: European Close.” (Source: Bloomberg). RELATED ARTICLES. Swiss Franc Weakens Below Key Level as BlackRock Stays Short · Terms of Service Trademarks Privacy Policy ©2018
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Bloomberg's Drew Armstrong discusses the latest on Allergan, which says they not intend to make an offer for Shire. He speaks with Lisa Abramowicz and Julia Chatterley on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg). Terms of Service Trademarks Privacy Policy ©2018 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights
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Instead, they had to settle for a high of $69.56 after Bloomberg News reported that OPEC and its allies have concluded that they've all but wiped out the oil surplus, achieving the key goal of their production cuts faster than they were expecting. The excess in oil inventories, which has weighed on prices
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