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BOK Financial once again generated higher quarterly earnings because of higher mortgage banking income.

A poster on the Mortgage Grapevine has a client whose credit score at the start of the process was 785.

We're hearing the unlikely duo of counseling and technology may be useful in reducing lender costs in the light of the qualified mortgage.

Freddie Mac made plans for its second multifamily securities offering for the year and released figures that show its overall multifamily volume set a record in 2012.

Life company commercial mortgage loan holdings generated a return of 2.31% in the third quarter of 2012.

Mortgage lenders reported receiving fewer loan applications compared with the previous week, as the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted application index was down 8.1% for the week ended Jan. 25.

Issues related to default risk and losses associated with delinquent HOAs are the iceberg many in the industry still fail to see.

Silvergate Bank said gains from its reverse mortgage banking business and warehouse lending fee income were the biggest contributors to the fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 increases in noninterest income.

The relationship between appraisers and lenders can be counterproductive and costly if appraisers end up working with the wrong appraisal management company.

The top executive at one industry vendor believes a combination of regulatory and technology trends will cause sales use of mobile devices to surge in 2013.