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Walker & Dunlop reported a higher second-quarter profit, citing gains from mortgage banking and servicing fees.

Capital One Financial is in exclusive talks with General Electric to buy the company's health-care finance unit, people familiar with the matter said.

An organization's operations team can only effect change as far as management trusts and empowers them to.

Bank of America is offering $1.2 billion of mostly delinquent home loans, extending a series of sales by lenders seeking to pare holdings and meet demand by investment firms for soured mortgages.

Mortgage credit availability rose in July, as lenders pushed higher-balance loan products, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Stonegate Mortgage reported a large increase in second-quarter profit on higher originations and a larger servicing portfolio.

United Guaranty Corp., the private mortgage insurance subsidiary of American International Group, has obtained reinsurance coverage on approximately $299 million of the book of business it wrote between 2009 and the first quarter of 2013.

Despite being introduced to the market with great fanfare, Fannie Mae's 3% down payment mortgage offering has yet to gain much traction with lenders and consumers.

NMI Holdings Inc., the parent company of National Mortgage Insurance, lost $10.4 million in the second quarter, compared with a $12.9 million loss one year prior.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgage loans fell for the third consecutive week, according to Freddie Mac.