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OceanFirst Bank to acquire Garden State Home Loans

Housing Wire

OceanFirst Bank N.A. which will become a new division for the regional depositary bank, HousingWire has learned. Garden State’s website and social media page reflect the status of a “division of OceanFirst Bank N.A.” Meanwhile, OceanFirst Bank , founded in 1902, had about 200 loan officers as of Friday, the NMLS data shows.

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‘There will be bank failures,’ Fed chief tells lawmakers

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In remarks made Thursday to the Senate Banking Committee this week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he expects some U.S. banks to fail in the coming months because of declining values and defaults in their commercial real estate loan portfolios. There will be bank failures, but not the big banks.”

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University Bank adds four reverse mortgage veterans to its HECM division

Housing Wire

University Bank ’s reverse mortgage division has added four key hires across different disciplines as it prepares to grow further in the reverse mortgage space. Both Droge and Olmos come to University Bank from Open Mortgage , which shuttered its own top 10 reverse mortgage lending division late last year.

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First Financial Bank to invest $700M by 2028 in affordable mortgages

Housing Wire

Cincinnati-based First Financial Bank has agreed to direct $2.4 The deal that runs through 2028 includes more than $1 billion for community development lending and services, investments in affordable housing , revitalization and stabilization, and projects that create jobs in LMI areas.

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Patriot Bank to pay $1.9M to settle DOJ’s redlining accusations

Housing Wire

Tennessee-based community bank Patriot Bank agreed to pay $1.9 Over the same six-year period, other banks received nearly 3.5 Patriot Bank denied any allegations of redlining. million to resolve allegations from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in redlining discriminatory practices.

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FHFA says Federal Home Loan Banks have offered more support to affordable housing efforts

Housing Wire

The Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) saw significant growth in support of affordable housing and community development in 2023, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA Director Sandra Thompson lauded the development in a statement accompanying the report.

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Ascent Developer Solutions launches to serve construction loan needs

Housing Wire

Ascent Developer Solutions , a private mortgage lending platform, announced its launch Friday in conjunction with an equity infusion from Elliott Investment Management. Wasmund is also the former CEO of Genesis Capital , which was sold by Goldman Sachs in 2021 to New Residential Investment Corp. , now known as Rithm Capital.