The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit this week affirmed rulings from lower courts, noting that the “change in terms” agreement between Lapides and the lender was unenforceable.

Commercial banks and thrifts reported a hefty increase in profits from their mortgage-banking operations during the second quarter of 2015, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call reports. The industry generated $6.09 billion in mortgage-banking income during the second quarter, a 52.2 percent improvement over the first three months of the year. It was the highest income for the banking industry since the second quarter of 2013, when ... [Includes one data chart]

Only one servicer among the top 15 – Caliber Home Loans – avoided a decrease in subprime MSRs...

“More people want to take care of their student loan debt before getting into even more [debt] with a mortgage," said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of Auction.com.

Quicken Loans is contributing 17.1 percent of the mortgages to the new jumbo MBS from Credit Suisse.

For the year ending Sept. 30, 2014 MBA took in revenue of $51.9 million versus $39.1 million in expenses for a net profit of $12.7 million.

Although Manhattan Mortgage operated mostly as a loan broker, a press statement from MC Home Loans describes the new company as a “banker.”

If Fannie Mae's origination forecast comes true, just $615 billion in loans will be written from July 1 to Dec. 31, an ugly outlook indeed…

A spokesman for the NYDFS admitted that, “We’re constantly trying to improve our processing times, but we know that we have a lot of work to do..."

ABA said all stakeholders believe that clearer and more effective mortgage disclosures are important and worthwhile.