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Mortgage applications increased 11.7 percent for the week ending January 4, with refinances rising 12 percent and purchase applications up 10 percent.

The Texas Mortgage Bankers Association (TMBA) announced the details of its annual Southern Secondary Market Conference to be held February 12-14. The three-day agenda was developed to offer attendees new information, guidance, trend identifications, and new, emerging strategies in secondary marketing.

Mortgage application activity turned in December to close the year on a positive note, according to data compiled by Capital Economics.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has assembled a GSE Single Family Task Force to revisit the association's 2009 proposal for the future of the secondary market and to further discourse on this topic. The task force will work in two phases. First, they will review the 2009 position and determine potential issues during a transition. Next, they will put together a "roadmap" for the transition.

Outstanding commercial/multifamily debt increased in the third quarter, marking a full year of quarterly increases, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). In dollar volume, commercial/multifamily mortgage debt rose $6.6 billion over the quarter, bringing the national total to $2.38 trillion. The greatest third-quarter increase in commercial/multifamily debt was seen in agency and GSE portfolios and mortgage-backed securities, a sector that reported an increase of $9.4 billion.

Independent mortgage bankers are seeing increasing origination volumes and profits, according to a report by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

A plunge in mortgage interest rates gave lift to applications for the first week of December, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications went into the holiday season with a strong start, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Mortgage applications continued to decrease during the week of Thanksgiving, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported.

Originations for one- to four-family homes have risen steadily over the year, yet refinances made up a bulk of the activity recorded to date.