Thomas H. Lee, the Boston-based investor who made a killing by selling HomeSide Lending, is eyeing Fidelity National Financial, Jacksonville, Fla., the nation's largest title insurance firm.According to a report in the The New York Times, Mr. Lee's Thomas H. Lee Partners and another firm, Texas Pacific Group, are contemplating buying a stake in Fidelity or purchasing the company outright. At MortgageWire's deadline, THLP and TPG could not be reached for comment. A Fidelity spokesman declined to comment. One investment banker familiar with Mr. Lee said, "For him to buy a stake must mean he thinks the company is undervalued." Late last year, THLP made a large investment in ResMAE, Brea, Calif., an upstart nonconforming lender founded by three former Long Beach Mortgage executives. (The size of the investment has never been disclosed.) As of Wednesday, Fidelity National (stock symbol: FNF) had a market capitalization of $7.5 billion.
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The Chicago-area lender, which at first was able to get the suit quashed, agreed to end the discrimination case by paying a $105,000 fine.
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The wholesale lender filed a motion to dismiss the case, or at least to strike the class action certification in mid-October.
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Remax, the real estate brokerage and mortgage broker franchisor of Motto Mortgage, rebounded from a year ago loss in a tough news cycle for both its businesses.
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Economists cautioned that October's employment report may not provide a fully accurate representation of the economy due to recent hurricanes.
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HomeStreet and FirstSun are working to devise a new formula after the Texas Department of Banking and the Federal Reserve declined to approve their merger application.
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Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his investment firm Liberty Strategic Capital are seeking to more than double his indirect ownership stake of Flagstar Financial — formerly New York Community Bank — to 22.9%, according to filings obtained by American Banker.
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