The Lede

CNBC, June 6, 2018--Diana OlickBorrowers took advantage of an interest rate drop by sending mortgage application volume up 4.1 percent last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Rates are expected to move steadily higher this year, despite temporary fluctuations.

CNN, June 6, 2018--Matt EganAngelo Mozilo of Countrywide Financial got rich selling the American Dream. Then he became the face of America's mortgage nightmare.

National Mortgage News, June 6, 2018--Kate Berry (Free content)The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to dismiss its case against PHH Corp., a nonbank mortgage lender and servicer whose appeal of a $109 million penalty led to a four-year legal battle over whether the agency's single-director structure was constitutional.

Mortgage Daily, June 6, 2018The Mortgage Bankers Association said although mortgage bankers pushed up quarterly revenues, rising expenses resulting from slowing originations dragged them into the red. Wholesale lenders suffered the most.

Mortgage Daily, June 6, 2018Fresh out of bankruptcy, Ditech Holding Corp. reported a huge profit and a quarter-over-quarter increase in home lending. The servicing portfolio, however, was diminished.

Mortgage Daily, June 6, 2018MSRs are being offered on 5,671 single-family loans that had an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $1.268 billion as of April 30.

Mortgage News Daily, June 6, 2018--Jann SwansonThe Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday that independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported net production losses in the first quarter of 2018, for only the second time since MBA began tracking the data in 2008.

Mortgage Orb, June 6, 2018--Patrick BarnardCelebrity Financial Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands-based diversified financial services holding company, is acquiring Midwest Equity Mortgage, an Illinois-based independent mortgage lender, for an undisclosed sum.

Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2018--Robyn A. Friedman (subscription)New tax rules that cap deductions of state and local taxes are having a disproportionate effect on taxpayers who live in states with high income taxes and property taxes. While it's too early to quantify the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which became effective on Jan. 1, some real-estate professionals say they are beginning to see early signs of an exodus to low-tax states.

HousingWire, June 6, 2018--Jeremiah JensenActing Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mick Mulvaney gutted three CFPB Advisory Boards today. The Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and the Credit Union Advisory Council were all disbanded.