Originations

Employment in the mortgage banking and broker sector has grown 5.8% since June 2014.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 7.

Competition among lenders has been good for homebuyers.

Walker & Dunlop reported a higher second-quarter profit, citing gains from mortgage banking and servicing fees.

Capital One Financial is in exclusive talks with General Electric to buy the company's health-care finance unit, people familiar with the matter said.

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Mortgage credit availability rose in July, as lenders pushed higher-balance loan products, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Stonegate Mortgage reported a large increase in second-quarter profit on higher originations and a larger servicing portfolio.

Despite being introduced to the market with great fanfare, Fannie Mae's 3% down payment mortgage offering has yet to gain much traction with lenders and consumers.

NMI Holdings Inc., the parent company of National Mortgage Insurance, lost $10.4 million in the second quarter, compared with a $12.9 million loss one year prior.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgage loans fell for the third consecutive week, according to Freddie Mac.

With purchase mortgages poised to supplant an expected drop in refinancing, here's a look at the 10 markets with the biggest year-over-year pickup in home sales.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ramped up its push for the mortgage industry to switch to an electronic closing process after results from a pilot program showed consumers favored it over in-person mortgage closing.

M&T Bank Corp. said it's in discussions with U.S. officials to settle an investigation into the lender's origination and sale of federally insured home loans.

Carrington Mortgage Services said it has helped more than 10,000 consumers, in its campaign to serve underbanked borrowers, originating more than $1.8 billion of loans.

Prospective borrowers for single-family homes will be required to make a minimum down payment of 15% of the purchase price, down from 20%. The borrower must have a minimum FICO score of 680, down from 740.

Stark Enterprises, a commercial real estate developer in Cleveland, has formed a capital-markets division to provide equity and debt financing and related services.

Home prices across the United States spiked 6.5% year-over-year in June 2015, including distressed sales, according to proprietary analytics provider CoreLogic.

Mortgage applications rose a seasonally adjusted 4.7% for the week ending July 31, compared to the previous week.

Freddie Mac's second-quarter single-family funding was the strongest it's been in a year, positioning the company to supplant the coming drop in refinancing with purchase mortgages.