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Walter Investment Management Corp. was supposed to prosper by snapping up mortgage cast-offs from big banks at fire-sale prices. Instead, Walter is belatedly joining the list of companies burned by the U.S. housing crisis.

BOK Financial benefited from rising interest rates in the third quarter even as it reported declines in fee income and commercial real estate loan balances.

The Michigan company's third-quarter results were down slightly from a year earlier despite increased commercial lending and a wider net interest margin.

The second liens, which accompany CMBS first mortgages, range in size from $500,000 to $5 million, a segment of the market that is not well served by either banks or debt funds.

Net income at the Livingston, N.J., company climbed 67% due to a variety of one-time items tied to its ongoing restructuring.

Fannie Mae is staging more pilot projects with lenders and vendors, including one that consolidates submissions of different types of loan data potentially eligible for immediate representation and warranty relief.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt said the agency is poised to examine alternatives to how a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assess creditworthiness of home buyers, including seeking public comment on the issue later this fall.

Hawaii's booming economy contributed to the Honolulu bank's 10% increase in loans and 9% increase in deposits in the third quarter.

Fannie Mae is authorizing additional suppliers of reports that can give lenders immediate representation and warranty relief on certain data, diversifying beyond an exclusive partnership with Equifax in one category.

SunTrust’s yields have improved as it has increased its credit-card and student lending and made more online personal loans through its LightStream subsidiary.