Mortgages

Third-quarter earnings at Taylor Capital Group more than doubled to $15 million from last year as mortgage banking revenue continued to soar.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Rockville Financial and SP Bancorp are among the community banks actively hiring commercial lenders.

Particular states are taking a regimented approach to their review of branch manager agreements to ensure that branches paid on a "profit and loss" basis are not “net branches.”

Low downpayment loans could be in danger depending on how the qualified mortgage rule plays out.

Moody’s Analytics believes housing starts could jump to 1.1 million units next year and 1.8 million in 2014.

Housing issues appear to be all but absent in the presidential debates with an occasional mention here and there.

The asset value of mortgage servicing rights are rapidly being reduced by some of the largest players in the servicing business.

The latest roundup of regulatory changes and mortgage fraud news.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors called for a more effective and less complex capital framework in comments on proposed rulemaking.

The Mortgage Bankers Association asked banking regulators to scrap their Basel III proposal because it would hurt lending and servicing markets as well as consumers.

The Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency in a new report says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have different strategies for going after strategic defaulters.

Walter Investment Management Corp. priced a 6 million share public offering of its common stock at $42 per share.

Strong mortgage banking revenue boosted third-quarter earnings at Umpqua Holdings by almost 15% from a year earlier, to $25 million.

Third-quarter profit at Astoria Financial improved as it continues to emphasize multifamily and commercial real estate loans, and cut costs.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities have more risk than last year as landlords need to repay maturing debt and vacancies remain elevated.

In the first five months since the national mortgage settlement was approved, Bank of America has completed more than $4.75 billion in principal reduction offers on first mortgages.

The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in Freddie Mac’s latest weekly survey dropped two basis points to 3.37%.

Is the 'fiscal cliff' issue causing home buyers to sit on the fence?

Lenders funded a smaller percentage of minority mortgage applications than the national average in every case except for Asians during 2011.

The nation's seventh largest mortgage banker is handing out stock grants to four of its top executives.