The Lede

World Property Journal, Oct. 17, 2016 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Builder Application Survey for September 2016, U.S. mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 3 percent from a year ago.

DS News, Oct. 17, 2016--Baer, Kendall Bank of America managed to escape the fate that befell JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, PNC and Wells Fargo in Q3.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 17, 2016--Passy, Jacob The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has launched a new portal for collaboration and communication across the industry and updated its website.

Philadelphia Business Journal, Oct. 17, 2016--Blumenthal, Jeff Freedom Mortgage Corp. moved from 320th to 9th on the list, with most of that growth coming in the past five years.

Wall Street Journal, Oct. 17, 2016--Back, Aaron Big U.S. banks are benefiting from a strong rebound in trading activity; competitors that pulled back from trading may not be so lucky.

HousingWire, Oct. 17, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey ...Greenwich, Conn., which has 33 months' worth of inventory.

Reuters, Oct. 17, 2016--Mutikani, Lucia U.S. industrial production barely rose in September as a rebound in manufacturing and mining output was offset by surprisingly weak demand for utilities, pointing to a moderate acceleration in economic growth in the third quarter.

HousingWire, Oct. 17, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey Funding is provided through HUD's Community Development Block Grant--Disaster Recovery Program.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 17, 2016--Garcia, Sam Cousins Home Lending is being acquired by Granite Bank, according to a Sept. 28 statement.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 17, 2016 The attorney who represented PHH Corp. in its lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau talked about the implications from last week's appellate court decision.

Toledo Blade, Oct. 17, 2016--Feehan, Jennifer More than two years after a federal court jury found a former Fifth Third Bank vice president guilty of defrauding the bank and taking a kickback from borrowers, Paulette Roberts was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 18, 2016 As the industry descends on Boston this weekend for the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual convention, questions bubble to the surface regarding the challenges of the past year, and those that lie ahead.

Bloomberg, Oct. 17, 2016--Serafino, Phil; Giammona, Craig; Deveau, Scott  Supervalu agreed to sell its Save-A-Lot grocery business to Canada's Onex Corp. for $1.37 billion in cash, offloading a discount chain at a time of heavy price competition.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 18, 2016--Finkelstein, Brad The housing industry is looking for November's election to resolve the inertia that has plagued real estate finance reform efforts during the Obama administration.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 18, 2016--Finkelstein, Brad If the Common Securitization Platform is turned over to a private, nonprofit entity, it could be used to give large banks control over the real estate finance process, warned an industry trade group.

HousingWire, Oct. 17, 2016--Lane, Ben The company provided a look at how its realignment will take shape when it announced Monday evening that it is hiring three new executives.