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REAL ESTATE LOANS SIGNAL TROUBLE FOR COMMERCIAL BANKS Potential losses may be worse than most people want to believe During recent years, a strong case has been made by a [...]

DATA FOR THE WHOLE BUSINESS CONCEAL HEALTHY LENDER CORE Their share of the mortgage market will stabilize and may grow What role do savings institutions play in today's real estate [...]

BANK MEMBERS OF FHLB SYSTEM POSE A COMPETITIVE THREAT By most reckonings, the Federal Home Loan Bank System still plays an important role in the operations of its savings institution [...]

MORTGAGE BANKERS LOOK TO EXPAND SHARE OF CONVENTIONAL LOANS The annual convention of mortgage bankers held a message for savings institutions: Changes in demographics and government policy will drive mortgage [...]

Cambridge Realty Capital reports reviewing 33 loan origination requests totaling $236.3 million in February, or slightly more than the 29 loan requests for $198.1 million reported for the same month [...]

First-Quarter 2006, Nationwide/Sort Order: Number of Loans Rank County Count Dollar Amount Market Share 1 LOS ANGELES, CA 116,242 $29,092,478,689 5.00% 2 MARICOPA, AZ 74,919 $11,766,727,880 3.22% 3 COOK, IL [...]

Top 25 Counties--High-Priced Lending Markets Fourth-Quarter 2005, Nationwide / Sort Order: Highest Average Loan Amount Rank County Count Dollar Amount 1 PITKIN, CO 413 $247,440,700 2 NANTUCKET, MA 388 $228,506,545 [...]

Top 25 Counties--Government Lending Markets Fourth-Quarter 2005, Nationwide / Sort Order: Number of Loans Market Rank County Count Dollar Amount Share Avg. Amount 1 BEXAR, TX 2,399 $282,585,069 2.25% $117,792 [...]

IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT A STEEP DROP in interest rates has put a dent in life insurers' investment returns over the past 5 years. But a new study by Conning [...]

HBOS continues to dominate the mortgage lending league with takeover target Abbey still in second place, according to the CML's annuallist of the biggest mortgage lenders. The CML estimates that […]

The market share of government loans dropped sharply in the first quarter of 1995, to 12% from 17% a year earlier, according to a recent survey. TRW Redi Property Data, [...]

WASHINGTON - Adjustable-rate mortgages continued to gain popularity in January, making up 59% of all mortgages, closed that month. That was up from a 55% share in November and December, [...]

Thrifts are alarmed about the incursion of credit unions into the home loan business. During the year ended Jun 30, 1994, loan originations at credit unions climbed 12%, to $161.4 billion. First mortgage originations grew 15%, to $35.4 billion. Thrifts argue that exemption from federal taxes, a mild regulatory system and few restrictions on membership recruitment give credit unions an unfair advantage., It was supposed to be a genteel affair, a talk among colleagues about issues facing the thrift industry. That was until the group of top thrift executives at the Savings [...]

Lenders are competing more aggressively for commercial mortgage business, amid a climate of fluctuating mortgage rates and declining mortgage spreads. Low-leverage transactions are particularly sought after. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are entering not only the equity market but also the mortgage market. Commercial mortgage lenders are seeking business from REITs where in the past they would decline to compete with Wall Street stocks., Commercial mortgage rates fluctuated in a narrow range during the last 30 days, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. At the same time, the competitive [...]

Federal National Mortgage Assoc (Fannie Mae) is leading Federal Home Mortgage Loan Corp in the market share battle for purchasing mortgage loans. Fannie Mae purchased 55% of the total loans purchased by the two agencies in 1st qtr 1994. In late 1993, Fannie Mae had lost 3.5% in market share. The newer 1994 figures show that Fannie Mae has made up that loss, but industry experts expect the two agencies to be in a close battle during the rest of 1994, which should be advantageous for lenders selling mortgages., WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae has won the first round in its 1994 battle for market share with Freddie Mac. In the first quarter, it got back some of the share [...]