Articles tagged:mortgage

'Espresso Bar' opens on first-floor of Kerrytown bar in Ann Arbor

Posted: Mon Mar 12 5:59 a.m. by Lizzy Alfs Business Reporter

Three months after The Bar at 327 Braun Court opened in Kerrytown, a new business has temporarily taken over the first-floor of the building: a coffee hangout called the (espresso) bar.

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Bank of Ann Arbor buoyed to first-half profits by mortgage growth

Posted: Mon Aug 3 5:05 p.m. by Dan Meisler Freelance reporter

Losses from nonperforming real estate loans continue to eat away at the bottom lines of local banks, but increased mortgage activity - some of it driven by attempts to take advantage of rules on home appraisals -- has resulted in first-half profits for one local lender. A nearly fourfold increase ...

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Ann Arbor's Huron Valley Financial acquires First Financial as part of mortgage broker consolidation

Posted: Wed Jul 29 5:35 p.m. by Dan Meisler Freelance reporter

New regulations on third-party residential mortgage lenders prompted two local companies to join forces as Huron Valley Financial acquires First Financial Services in a transaction set to close at the end of August. Requirements that third-party originators use an appraisal management company to evaluated properties led to discussions between the ...

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