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Brookdale Fire Victims Remembered as Quiet, Friendly

Brookdale Fire Victims Remembered as Quiet, Friendly

By Lia Eustachewich and James Kleimann July 22, 2012 Newark Patch Residents in Newark's West Ward are still r…

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Nude Photos of Ridgewood High Girls Prompt Police Investigation

Nude Photos of Ridgewood High Girls Prompt Police Investigation

By James Kleimann March 14, 2013 Ridgewood Patch Police are investigating claims a number of female Ridgewood…

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Ryan Lanza, Wrongly Named As Mass Murderer, Left To Grieve

Ryan Lanza, Wrongly Named As Mass Murderer, Left To Grieve

By Claire Moses and James Kleimann January 24, 2013 Hoboken Patch Ryan Lanza was at his job in Manhattan on F…

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New Jerseyans Surrendering Guns At Record Pace

New Jerseyans Surrendering Guns At Record Pace

Nearly 10,000 guns have been turned in across the state since the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary …

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Ridgewood Police Manpower at Lowest Level in Decades

Ridgewood Police Manpower at Lowest Level in Decades

Though departmental costs are increasing, attrition has brought the force down to fewer than 40 sworn officer…

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Christie Faces Criticism For Police Helicopter Ride To Son's Ballgame

Christie Faces Criticism For Police Helicopter Ride To Son's Ballgame

State police defend use of helicopter, say flight hours would have been logged on new craft anyway for traini…

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Gorilla Poop, Glitter Bombs & a Big Win for Guild

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By James Kleimann Verified
| The Mortgage Scoop
RETR is the preferred platform for data, intelligence, and signals that help you build and retain relationships with agents, loan officers, and borrowers. Schedule a personalized demo to learn more. For nearly three years, mortgage's weirdest & grossest recruiting war looked like it was headed toward an anticlimactic ending, w/ Guild Mortgage taking a procedural loss against CrossCountry Mortgage.
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Breaking Down PennyMac’s Blockbuster Cenlar Deal

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By James Kleimann Verified
| The Mortgage Scoop
PennyMac says it’s not aiming to grow its origination business through Cenlar… PennyMac’s pending acquisition of Cenlar FSB features some stunning numbers: a $173M* purchase price that gives the nonbank lender/servicer an additional $740B UPB in servicing(!), $460M in annual subservicing revenue, 100 clients & another 2M customers. The deal wasn’t exactly a shock. “PennyMac has been working toward a shift for a while,” said Pivot Financial’s Jennifer McGuinness.
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Optimal Blue Price Fixing Lawsuit

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By James Kleimann Verified
| The Mortgage Scoop
Is You Taking Notes On a Criminal Conspiracy? ✏️ A class-action seeking lawsuit in Tennessee alleges that lenders used OB’s pricing tools to violate the Sherman Act Mortgage people, are you sitting down? I have some bad news. The cutthroat industry you’re a part of is not actually as competitive as you’ve been led to believe. Turns out, many of you have been conspiring to fix prices for consumers through Optimal Blue. At least that’s what an explosive 💣 new lawsuit alleges. Mendez v.
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