OCWEN: Portfolio Sold to Walter Investment Management

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OCWEN has been in the spotlight heavily this week with major announcements regarding the selling of its portfolios. Most recently, the mortgage loan servicing giant announced this morning that Walter Investment Management will purchase a $9.6 billion mortgage servicing rights portfolio.

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Breaking News: President Obama To Announce Decrease In FHA Premiums

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In an effort to make home buying more accessible for first-timers, President Barack Obama has set out to decrease the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage-insurance premiums. The annual fees the FHA charges will be dropped by o.5 percentage points, according to two people with knowledge of Obama’s plans.

The announcement is anticipated to be made in a speech in Phoenix on Thursday, according to Bloomberg.

The FHA is required to keep enough money to cover all its projected losses in its $1.1 trillion portfolio and must manage a two percent cushion of its value —a level not projected to come until fiscal 2016.

In the news, private mortgage insurers have taken a nose dive because they can’t compete with the government program.

 

This is a developing news story.

Global Banking Alliance Secures Billions for Women-Owned Businesses

menandwomen_shutterstock_66619030Women in the economy are proving to be a force to reckon with as they make up 40 percent of the world’s workforce and secure $20 trillion in consumer spending. In an effort to continue supporting women and their financial accessibility, the Global Banking Alliance for Women recently announced it will gather $4.3 billion in capital for women-owned businesses throughout the world.

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