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Fair market value adjustments to mortgage servicing rights will continue to put downward pressure on earnings throughout the rest of 2016, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

TIAA is in talks to buy EverBank Financial Corp., the largest Florida-based lender by deposits, to expand in internet banking.

The U.S. asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its May decision to toss out an almost $1.3 billion judgment against Bank of America's Countrywide Financial unit, claiming the panel overlooked "a wealth of evidence."

Settlements related to court fights over private-label mortgage-backed securities are significantly boosting the bottom lines at a few Federal Home Loan banks.

Ares Commercial Real Estate's net income slipped slightly in the second quarter as the company prepares to sell its mortgage banking subsidiary.

Realogy Holdings Corp., owner of brokerage brands Coldwell Banker and Century 21, dropped to a record low as sluggish luxury home sales hurt the firm's earnings.

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Essent Group reported higher net income for the second quarter of 2016 as the company wrote more insurance year-over-year.

Genworth Financial is looking at separating its mortgage insurance business from its life insurance line after it does the same for its long-term care insurance unit.

Fannie Mae earned $2.9 billion in the second quarter, a step up from its first-quarter earnings, but Chief Executive Timothy Mayopoulos reiterated warnings about future volatility.