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Small-business lenders are scrambling for financing to accommodate a possible real-estate-related borrowing surge once a key federal rule change takes effect next week.

Mortgage applications increased 9.3% from one week earlier as rates were basically flat for the period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications decreased 4.1% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

New research findings challenge common assumptions about borrower behavior, illustrating how trended data — something mortgage lenders will soon be required to collect — could be a game-changer.

Mortgage applications and interest rates both increased during the week ending May 20, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey.

The experience of updating systems and overhauling workflows that mortgage lenders gleaned from implementing the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures could prove useful to portfolio lenders as they implement a similarly complex accounting rule for reporting credit losses.

Fannie Mae forecasts flat to declining 30-year mortgage interest rates this year and next, while Freddie Mac thinks they will increase.

The percentage of loan applications which become closed loans slipped from March's high last month, according to Ellie Mae.

Mortgage applications decreased 1.6% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Despite loan originations falling year-over-year, dollar volume is up thanks to a surge in home equity lines of credit, according to RealtyTrac.