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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Enhances Credit Access with Digital Appraisal and Mortgage Solutions</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/economy-and-finance/garanti-bbva-enhances-credit-access-with-digital-appraisal-and-mortgage-solutions/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy and Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA is now offering its appraisal and mortgage services on digital channels for both sole traders and corporate clients. The move comes as part of the bank’s efforts to improve the speed, convenience and flexibility of credit.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA is now offering its appraisal and mortgage services on digital channels for both sole traders and corporate clients. The move comes as part of the bank’s efforts to improve the speed, convenience and flexibility of credit.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA agrees to join the Code of Good Practice to support customers with difficulties making their mortgage payments in Spain</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/bbva-agrees-to-join-the-code-of-good-practice-to-support-customers-with-difficulties-making-their-mortgage-payments-in-spain/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Carmen Álvarez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial system]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The BBVA Board of Directors approved Wednesday the bank adhering to the measures included in the new  <a href="https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2022-19403" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Code of Good Practice</a> (CBP in Spanish) to help customers at risk of vulnerability with mortgages, as well as the expansion of the Code of Good Practice, which has been in force since 2012.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The BBVA Board of Directors approved Wednesday the bank adhering to the measures included in the new  <a href="https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2022-19403" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Code of Good Practice</a> (CBP in Spanish) to help customers at risk of vulnerability with mortgages, as well as the expansion of the Code of Good Practice, which has been in force since 2012.]]>
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                    <title>Analysis: Top five ways millennials’ approach to homebuying is different from other generations</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/analysis-top-five-ways-millennials-approach-to-homebuying-is-different-from-other-generations/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Home buying]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Housing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Months ago, BBVA USA Head of Mortgage Murat Kalkan <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/housing-market-outlook-supply-demand-millennials/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spoke on a variety of topics regarding the mortgage sector</a> - and in part spoke about millennials and their changing patterns toward homeownership.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Months ago, BBVA USA Head of Mortgage Murat Kalkan <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/housing-market-outlook-supply-demand-millennials/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spoke on a variety of topics regarding the mortgage sector</a> - and in part spoke about millennials and their changing patterns toward homeownership.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA joins the Energy Efficient Mortgages Initiative Pilot Scheme</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/garanti-bbva-joins-the-energy-efficient-mortgages-initiative-pilot-scheme/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 01:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Susana Pérez Ares]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.garantibbva.com.tr/tr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Garanti BBVA</a> Mortgage unit has joined the <a href="https://eemap.energyefficientmortgages.eu/pioneers-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Energy Efficient Mortgages Initiative (EEMI) Pilot Scheme</a> which is supported by the European Union's Energy Efficient Mortgages Action Plan (EeMap) Initiative, thus becoming the first EEM member from Turkey. As such, Garanti BBVA Mortgage joins 48 other lending institutions who have committed to testing the final energy efficient mortgages framework by implementing it into their existing product lines and processes.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.garantibbva.com.tr/tr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Garanti BBVA</a> Mortgage unit has joined the <a href="https://eemap.energyefficientmortgages.eu/pioneers-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Energy Efficient Mortgages Initiative (EEMI) Pilot Scheme</a> which is supported by the European Union's Energy Efficient Mortgages Action Plan (EeMap) Initiative, thus becoming the first EEM member from Turkey. As such, Garanti BBVA Mortgage joins 48 other lending institutions who have committed to testing the final energy efficient mortgages framework by implementing it into their existing product lines and processes.]]>
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                    <title>Prosper and BBVA USA team up to launch innovative digital home equity line of credit platform</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/prosper-and-bbva-usa-team-up-to-launch-innovative-digital-home-equity-line-of-credit-platform/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.prosper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prosper</a>, a leading online marketplace lending platform connecting borrowers and investors, together with the U.S. subsidiary of Madrid-based <a href="http://www.bbvausa.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA</a>, announced their collaboration in providing a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) available through Prosper’s website (<a href="http://www.prosper.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.prosper.com</a>).]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.prosper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prosper</a>, a leading online marketplace lending platform connecting borrowers and investors, together with the U.S. subsidiary of Madrid-based <a href="http://www.bbvausa.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA</a>, announced their collaboration in providing a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) available through Prosper’s website (<a href="http://www.prosper.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.prosper.com</a>).]]>
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                    <title>Vacation homes: The best of 2019</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/vacation-homes-the-best-of-2019/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Personal finances]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Summer days are dropping like the gold, brown and red leaves of fall. School has started for students across the nation, and vacation days are becoming few and far between. But why not plan ahead and think about investing in a property that could bring both memories and lucrative situations?]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Summer days are dropping like the gold, brown and red leaves of fall. School has started for students across the nation, and vacation days are becoming few and far between. But why not plan ahead and think about investing in a property that could bring both memories and lucrative situations?]]>
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                    <title>BBVA closes the transfer of the great majority of its Anfora portfolio</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-closes-the-transfer-of-the-great-majority-of-its-anfora-portfolio/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[miriam.gidron]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mergers and acquisitions]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has closed the transfer of most of the credits rights that comprise the Anfora portfolio. The transaction was <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-sells-a-mortgage-loan-portfolio-worth-e1-5-billion/">announced in December 2018</a>.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has closed the transfer of most of the credits rights that comprise the Anfora portfolio. The transaction was <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-sells-a-mortgage-loan-portfolio-worth-e1-5-billion/">announced in December 2018</a>.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA offers certain FHA and VA borrowers up to $3,500 in added savings</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/bbva-offers-certain-fha-and-va-borrowers-up-to-3500-in-added-savings/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Home buying]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA </a>recently enhanced its slate of programs designed to help more people with homeownership, announcing that it is now offering additional closing cost assistance for low-to-moderate income (LMI) borrowers that qualify for FHA or VA home loans.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA </a>recently enhanced its slate of programs designed to help more people with homeownership, announcing that it is now offering additional closing cost assistance for low-to-moderate income (LMI) borrowers that qualify for FHA or VA home loans.]]>
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                    <title>Understanding VA and FHA loans</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/understanding-va-and-fha-loans/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Home buying]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=646057</guid>
                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[For many Americans, their home is their greatest source of wealth. It is for this reason — and many others — that the housing market has always been an extremely important part of the U.S. economy. What's more, <a href="https://realtoru.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Homeownership-Stable-Housing.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">studies</a> have shown time and time again homeowners are more active in their communities, healthier and less likely to be victims of crime. Simply put, home ownership is good for our citizens, our communities and our country. Which is why over the years, the U.S. government has created programs designed to make homeownership accessible for more Americans.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For many Americans, their home is their greatest source of wealth. It is for this reason — and many others — that the housing market has always been an extremely important part of the U.S. economy. What's more, <a href="https://realtoru.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Homeownership-Stable-Housing.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">studies</a> have shown time and time again homeowners are more active in their communities, healthier and less likely to be victims of crime. Simply put, home ownership is good for our citizens, our communities and our country. Which is why over the years, the U.S. government has created programs designed to make homeownership accessible for more Americans.]]>
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                    <title>The History of Fannie Mae/Ginnie Mae</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/the-history-of-fannie-mae-ginnie-mae/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 21:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Home sales]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Housing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=643962</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Homeownership has always been a part of the American dream. All you have to do is work hard, and you can get your piece of the economic pie. We're a country built on the promise of social mobility, and for many Americans, owning a home means you made it to the top.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Homeownership has always been a part of the American dream. All you have to do is work hard, and you can get your piece of the economic pie. We're a country built on the promise of social mobility, and for many Americans, owning a home means you made it to the top.]]>
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