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First Federal Bank, headquartered in Lake City, Florida, is expanding its retail mortgage operations into Louisiana and Mississippi with the acquisition of NOLA Lending Group. Processing Content The mutual bank signed a definitive agreement to purchase NOLA Lending, a mortgage division of Louisiana-based Fidelity Bank, it announced in a press release Monday.  The financial details […]

The effect of surging insurance costs over the past few years is raising alarms for many homeowners, with nearly half saying higher premiums are “seriously” influencing new purchase strategy. Processing Content Approximately 49% of homeowners said insurance costs factored in either “very heavily” or “seriously” behind purchase decisions, according to a recent survey from Kin.

(Bloomberg) — Treasuries rose after the first batch of this week’s US economic reports was weaker than expected, with gains extending amid hefty buying of bullish options targeting a decline in the benchmark 10-year yield below 4% in the coming weeks. Processing Content Yields gravitated back toward session lows — down three to four basis