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Mortgage applications increased 3.6% from one week earlier even though rates remained mostly flat during the period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Fintech and marketplace lender LendingHome is getting more than $450 million in investment and funding from different channels to help support mortgage production growth and technology improvements.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 13.

JPMorgan Chase reported a rise in value of its mortgage servicing rights despite lower originations in this year's third quarter.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson said he's held off making any decision on premium cuts until the confirmation of key appointments. "It has been a real ordeal getting people in place," he said.

TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure rule amendments are in effect and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is beginning to digest comments on an outstanding "black hole" mortgage companies want more clarification on.

The share of mortgage refinance applications dropped below 50% for the first time since the start of September, as interest rates rose to a six-week high.

A change in the formula that banks use to calculate borrowers’ debt-to-income ratios, announced by Fannie Mae in April, appears to be spurring more lending.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 6.

A decline in refinancing applications offset the gain in purchase activity, leading to an overall drop in application activity of 0.4% from one week earlier.

The bank plans to contact all customers who paid fees for rate lock extensions during a three-and-a-half-year period and to refund any who believe they should not have been charged.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 29.

Stephen Sessler, the director of mortgage banking at the $4 billion-asset Camden National Bank, provides other lenders a peek at the benefits and pitfalls of digital mortgages.

The share of purchase and refinance loans originated by nonbanks are at their highest point since at least 1995, according to an analysis of new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.

Mortgage application activity decreased 0.5% from one week earlier as a decline in refinance volume was only partially offset by an increase in purchases.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 22.

Despite an uptick in interest rates, refinance loans held steady in August and closing rates reached a new 2017 high.

Mortgage application activity decreased from one week earlier due to normal seasonal trends, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 15.

The changes are aimed at aligning requirements with a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.