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Freddie Mac's second-quarter single-family funding was the strongest it's been in a year, positioning the company to supplant the coming drop in refinancing with purchase mortgages.

An Astoria Financial investor is demanding that the Lake Success, N.Y., company explore a possible sale or other ways to increase shareholder value.

NorStates Bank has selected HomeBridge Financial Services to provide origination of residential mortgage loans.

United Guaranty Corp.'s second-quarter pretax operating income fell 25% from a year ago due to a less favorable adjustment to its loan loss reserves.

LendingTree posted record revenue during the second quarter, leading the company to upwardly revise its full-year guidance.

Guaranteed Rate's Oren Orkin explains how helping real estate agents host their open houses has led to new referral relationships and increased mortgage business.

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

Guardian Mortgage has named a Bank of America executive to succeed Marcia Phillips as chief executive.

Banks are seeing stronger consumer demand for credit for a range of products, including residential mortgages, auto loans and credit cards, according to a Federal Reserve Board survey of senior loan officers released Monday.

While mortgage loan delinquencies continued to fall in June, non-mortgage debt continues to mount, according to data from Black Knight Financial Services. This added debt could affect a consumer's ability to keep making mortgage payments or buy a new home.