EverBank and WaFd are combining in a $3.9 billion transaction that will create a roughly $75 billion banking company — but for the housing industry, the more revealing part of the deal may be what both banks have been moving away from. The companies announced Monday...
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is purchasing a portfolio of 2,000 commercial multifamily real estate loans from Washington Federal Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of WaFd (NASDAQ:WAF), for $2.9 billion. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, WaFd...