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Flagstar Bank is seeing growth across its mortgage service lines, according to the Q1 2017 earnings report released by the bank on Wednesday. Flagstar’s commercial real estate loans jumped 11 percent from Q1 2016 and 58 from Q4 2016. The bank’s mortgage revenues are also up, rising 19 percent for the quarter.

Ocwen has filed three motions against the CFPB in hopes of speeding up a Circuit Court of Appeals decision on the Bureau's constitutionality. The motions arrive on the back of a recent suit filed by the CFPB against Ocwen on April 21. The suit alleged Ocwen committed errors throughout the servicing process and improperly foreclosed on at least 1,000 homeowners.

Fannie Mae is now offering three solutions for borrowers with student loan debt. They will allow borrowers to exclude student debt in their debt-to-income ratio, let lenders accept student loan payments on credit reports, and allow borrowers to refinance in order to pay down student debts. Student loan debt is one of the biggest barries to homeownership today.

Housing demand is starting to cool off, due largely to low inventory and rising prices. The Oakland, California, market was hit particularly hard in terms of demand for March. Demand hit a record high in January.

According to data released on Tuesday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Census Bureau, new home sales grew by 5.8 percent month-over-month in March, and 15.6 percent year-over-year. The median home price rose to $315,000, while the average home price grew to $388,200.

The Financial Services Roundtable has appointed Ed DeMarco to head its Housing Policy Council. DeMarco has previously served at FHFA, the Treasury Department, the Milken Institute, and the Social Security Administration. He takes the helm starting June 1.

Thanks to its implementation of DocMagic’s Total eClose platform, Texas Capital Bank has successfully completed and funded it very first eClosing. Now one of the largest warehouse lenders to accept and fund eNotes, Texas Capital has made its first step toward digitization. The bank was praised by DocMagic CEO Dominic Iannitti.

SouthLaw, P.C. has expanded its team, bringing on Associate Attorney Lisa C. Billman for its Bankruptcy Department in Overland Park, Kansas. With a law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law, Billman has made bankruptcy her legal focus since her graduation in 2011. She is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas.

Black Knight has partnered with Lender Price to offer a completely digital loan application process on its LoanSphere Empower LOS. The platform lets consumers apply for mortgage loans via their mobile device, and it can even verify income, provide property valuations, and deliver real-time interest rates on the spot.

The FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board found that in December 2016, Wells Fargo had not yet remedied two of the three deficiencies the agencies had previously identified. Subsequently, the agencies imposed restrictions on the growth of Wells Fargo’s international and non-bank activities. The revised plan submitted by Wells Fargo in march adequately repaired the two deficiencies. Wells Fargo has remedied the deficiencies and will no longer be subject to the growth restrictions which were imposed.