Business-purpose lender, Velocity Financial, grew its loan production by 19.2% in the second quarter of this year.

The core share of GSE activity increased to 81.2% in the first quarter, up from 79.4% in the previous quarter.

Despite a strong quarter for originations, MFA Financial recorded a loss in the second quarter of the year.

The mortgage market was "weaker than expected" in the second quarter, according to Black Knight's executive chairman.

Higher home prices allowed the enterprise to shift from a $395 million provision for credit losses in the first quarter to a $537 million benefit in the second.

The real estate investment trust expects to benefit from higher capital requirements for large banks.

Fraud in a non-QM program nearly toppled Sterling Bank and Trust.

Applications for purchase mortgages fell to a level last seen in early June.

The mortgage giant saw a $132 million first-quarter provision for losses shift to a $1.22 billion benefit in the second.

The House is seeking lower funding levels for HUD and a September deadline is fast approaching.