Measures contained in bipartisan housing packages in both the Senate and House would attach a disclosure to the military service question on the uniform residential loan application to raise awareness of VA loans.
Citizens Bank maintained its top HEL lender position with $3.10 billion of volume in the third quarter, down 0.9% from the previous three-month period.
A gain in income from the production and sale of new single-family home loans helped cover a modest decline in servicing profitability in the third quarter.
At the end of November, the two government-sponsored enterprises held $104.56 billion of agency MBS in retained portfolios. That was up $31.99 billion from the end of September, a 44.1% increase.