Refinance

Waterstone Financial reported a 71% year-over-year jump in net income during the second quarter thanks to growth in its mortgage banking division.

Loan officers encounter a wide range of obstacles in the process of seeing a mortgage loan through to closing, but how many can spin silence into livestock?

First American Corp. had a second-quarter profit of $102.1 million as the title insurer's pretax margin of 13.7% was its best ever.

FNF Group, the title insurance business of Fidelity National Financial Inc., had net earnings of $187 million for the second quarter, up from $160 million last year.

Purchase originations reached their highest share of the total number of loans closed in almost two years, according to Ellie Mae.

Mortgage applications decreased 1.3% from one week earlier as rates on conforming and jumbo mortgages increased by five basis points, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Federal Housing Administration released lender guidance spelling out the circumstances under which it will insure mortgages on properties encumbered by Property Assessed Clean Energy liens similar to tax assessments.

MGIC Investment Corp. earned $109 million in the second quarter, as an income tax provision for the period cut into net income.

Federal Housing Administration borrowers have been refinancing faster than expected, creating a drag on efforts to build up the capital reserves of the agency's mortgage insurance fund.

Mortgage originations typically surge in a low-rate environment. Second-quarter reports should show an uptick in fees from selling those loans, but what will bankers say about the rest of this year?

The San Francisco bank reported a 17% drop in mortgage fee income during the second quarter as other lenders made inroads by refinancing its customers.

PNC Financial Services Group's mortgage income rebounded in the second quarter as the company's servicing hedging activities returned to profitability.

Carmen Inclan of Raymond James Bank recognizes customers are happiest, and business booms, when communication is prioritized.

Upcoming risk retention requirements may be the proverbial straw that breaks the back of the commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

Mortgage applications increased 7.2% from one week earlier as the lowest rates in three years have brought consumers in to refinance, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Nonbanks continue to expand their share of lending volumes as depositories keep scaling back their business in the residential mortgage space.

Progress Residential is refinancing its first securitization of single-family rental properties.

Citigroup's next commercial mortgage securitization has heavy exposure to split loans that serve as collateral for a number of other transactions.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages moved noticeably higher in June, as several large loans failed to pay off at maturity.

Nonbank lenders and brokers added 500 new workers to their payrolls in May.