Real estate

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

NorStates Bank has selected HomeBridge Financial Services to provide origination of residential mortgage loans.

LendingTree posted record revenue during the second quarter, leading the company to upwardly revise its full-year guidance.

Commercial real estate borrowing and lending continued at a strong clip in the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Most real estate agents and home builders have heard about the new mortgage disclosures that take effect Oct. 1 but are light on the details, and many of the lenders they rely on lack sufficient understanding to help them.

CIT Group has completed its acquisition of OneWest Bank in Pasadena, Calif.

Wells Fargo is ending some marketing arrangements with real estate firms and home builders over concerns about regulatory scrutiny.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings returned to profitability in the second quarter after the previous quarter's significant loss.

The title and real estate services portion of Fidelity National Financial Inc. earned $160 million in the second quarter, up from $142 million one year prior because of higher revenue and margins.

Ares Commercial Real Estate reported a higher second-quarter profit on growth in principal lending and mortgage banking.

There was a six-basis-point decline in the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage during the week ending July 30, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly report.

EverBank Financial, driven by growth in jumbo mortgage originations, had second quarter home loan volume of $2.7 billion, up from $2.2 billion one year prior.

Down payments increased in size in the second quarter, as competition for homes picked up this summer, according to LendingTree.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., reported higher second-quarter earnings as mortgage banking and loan growth offset an increase in expenses.

Fewer Americans signed contracts in June to buy previously owned homes, representing a pause in the housing market's momentum.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors recently challenged college students to examine how community banks survived the financial crisis, and the contest highlighted innovative strategies used by Main Street banks such as Bank of American Fork in Utah.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at a slower pace in the year ended May, keeping more properties within reach for prospective buyers.

Demand for apartment rentals continued to rise in the second quarter, while the use of debt financing declined, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council.

The California Housing Finance Agency has ended its use of a U.S. Treasury liquidity program that the agency had relied on since 2009.

Home prices rise 1.1% from April to May, according to Black Knight's Home Price Index report.