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» Short Takes: Making It Harder for Banks to Merge? / Mortgage M&A? / A Bank ‘Take-Out’ / FHFA Roster Changes / Acra Hires HomeXpress Veteran
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Short Takes: Making It Harder for Banks to Merge? / Mortgage M&A? / A Bank ‘Take-Out’ / FHFA Roster Changes / Acra Hires HomeXpress Veteran
October 4, 2021
Paul Muolo
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Dennis Hollier
In the old days (pre-subprime crash), it was common for a depository to buy a nonbank lender/servicer via a “franchise” deal...
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