The federal agency tasked with protecting consumers seemed to be doing the exact opposite, thanks to a data breach enacted by one of its employees. However, the agency claims the situation is not a cause for alarm. The Wall Street Journal reported an unnamed worker at...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has begun selling mortgage-backed bonds from Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank (OTC:SBNY). The Wall Street Journal reported the FDIC put up $700 million of high-quality mortgage-backed bonds yesterday as part of an...
The legalization of marijuana in the U.S. has created something of a nationwide crazy quilt. Cannabis is still considered illegal under federal law, but in 21 states plus the District of Columbia and Guam both medicinal and recreational marijuana retailing is legal....
Home builders gave the mildest thumbs up to their industry this month. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes inched up by a single point this month in the latest Housing Market Index (HMI) report from the National Association of Home...
Mortgage application activity was on the rise last week, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, was up 5.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week...
Bismarck, North Dakota-based BNCCORP Inc. (OTCQX: BNCC) announced it is exiting the residential mortgage origination space and selling the mortgage division of its wholly owned subsidiary, BNC National Bank, to First Federal Bank of Lake City, Florida. BNC’s...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 6-10
