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Mortgage applications increased 21.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Jan. 8 compared to a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., has hired four bankers to a develop a business line making Federal Housing Administration-insured loans for multifamily rental properties.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate finished 2015 at a six-year low, according to Fitch Ratings.

Mortgage credit availability decreased in December on reduced affordable, low-down-payment loan programs, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications dropped 27%% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the two weeks ending Jan. 1, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages remained largely unchanged this week, according to Freddie Mac.

The price of the loans underlying commercial mortgage-backed securities increased modestly from October to November, according to DebtX.

Mortgage applications increased 7.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Dec. 18, compared to a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications declined 1.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Dec. 11 compared to a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Default rates on various types of consumer loans improved in November, according to Standard & Poor's and Experian.

Broadway Financial Corp. in Los Angeles has been released from an enforcement action requiring it to improve its corporate governance.

Mortgage applications fell 3.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Nov. 20 compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage application volume fell 27.6% on an adjusted basis for the week ending Oct. 9, reversing the rush of the previous week caused by the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule becoming effective, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage credit availability increased in September on offerings of Freddie Mac's affordable lending programs, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications rose 14% on rate decreases, compared to one week earlier, on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Sept.18, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications fell 6.2% from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis for the seven days ended Sept. 4, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications rose 11.3% from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Aug. 28, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The resignation of Stonegate Mortgage founder and CEO Jim Cutillo will likely result in either the quick hiring of a replacement CEO to execute Stonegate's business plan or the company being acquired, according to analysts at FBR Capital Markets.

Commercial real estate borrowing and lending continued at a strong clip in the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Ellie Mae reported higher profits in its second-quarter earnings. With net income of $7.6 million, its profits rose 62% from the same period in 2014.