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MECU to acquire Advance Bank in Baltimore
Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore Inc. announced Thursday that it had agreed to acquire Advance Bank, another Baltimore-based institution. A sale price hasn't been determined and will be based on which Advance assets regulators say MECU can...
Tags: Banking, Hamilton
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Fannie Mae posts record annual profit of $17.2 billion
WASHINGTON — Taxpayer-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are back in the black, but it's unlikely to keep the nation's housing finance giants from being dismantled. Boosted by the recovery in the housing market, Fannie Mae on Tuesday reported a...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Politics, Mortgages, Countrywide Financial Corp., Earnings Forecasts
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Start early on shaping next year's budget
Quick question for community association volunteers: When does budget season begin and end? If you have prepared an annual budget, perhaps while on the board or finance committee, you know that preliminary meetings usually take place in late summer or...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Fines, Punishment, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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A tale of two houses
arnoldp@herald-mail.comNew homeowner Steven Mazur and his new neighbors, Jesse McAllister and fiancé Heather Kurtz, are full of hope about their lives in the housing development on Hagerstown’s western edge. So, too, presumably, was the woman who in summer 2006 bought...Tags: Frederick County (Virginia), Mortgages, Career and Workplace, Fort Detrick (military base), Frederick County (Maryland)
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Howard County housing fair coming up April 13
The Baltimore SunIf you want to live in Howard County, one of Maryland’s fastest-growing jurisdictions, where it’s competitive — and can be pricey — to buy a home, consider attending the 7th Annual Come Home to Howard County Housing Fair. The...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Howard County, Property, Rentals, Real Estate Buyers
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Woodstock Institute finds gender bias in joint home loan, refinancing approvals
Co-borrowers may want to rethink whose name goes first on a mortgage application. Early findings from a study under way at the Woodstock Institute found that in the six-county Chicago area, joint applications for home purchases and refinancings were much...
Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Chicago Tribune, Bank of America Corp., Politics, Mortgages
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to merge some functions in new company
WASHINGTON — The federal regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took the first major step toward possibly shutting down the taxpayer-rescued firms by deciding to merge some functions of the mortgage financing giants into a new company. The...Tags: Politics, National Government, U.S. Congress, Mortgages, Government
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When the government backs mortgages
How should we reform our broken housing finance system? To what extent should the federal government continue to provide guarantees for mortgage financing, such as the ones it provides for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? With Fannie and Freddie in a federal...
Tags: Financial Markets, Mortgages, Services and Shopping, Fannie Mae, Economy, Business and Finance
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Freddie Mac: 30-year fixed mortgage holds steady at average 3.53%
Mortgage rates held steady this week, Freddie Mac’s survey of lenders showed, with the 30-year fixed-rate loan at an average of 3.53% for the third week in a row – a great deal for those able to take advantage. The average rate for a 15-year...
Tags: Mortgages, Real Estate Buyers, Services and Shopping, Financial and Business Services, Freddie Mac
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Government wins round in suit accusing Wells Fargo of FHA abuse
A government lawsuit accusing No. 1 home lender Wells Fargo & Co. of defrauding a federal mortgage-insurance program is shaping up as a knock-down battle between the San Francisco bank and the U.S. Justice Department. Wells Fargo lost a round Monday,...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Mortgages, Financial and Business Services, U.S. Department of Justice
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Wells Fargo earnings beats expectations as loans grow, fees rise
Wells Fargo & Co.’s 25% gain in fourth-quarter earnings provides welcome news for the economy, with the U.S.'s fourth-largest bank showing solid increases in overall consumer and commercial lending and setting aside less cash for potential defaults....Tags: Credit Ratings, Financial and Business Services, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Fee increases are making FHA mortgages more expensive
WASHINGTON — If you want to buy a house with minimal cash by using an FHA-insured mortgage, here's some sobering news: Because of an ongoing series of fee increases and underwriting tweaks, those mortgages are getting steadily more expensive and may...
Tags: Mortgages, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), The Washington Post, Prices, Fannie Mae
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