SunTrust and Comerica earned mixed reviews after reporting year-over-year profit declines in the third quarter, according to the banks' earnings statements released Friday.

KBW pointed to Starwood Waypoint’s merger with Colony American Homes as a boon for the firm, saying “while dilutive to book value,” the deal will resolve strategic issues that “SWAY has been facing including scale and its externally managed corporate structure.”

At least two cases decided by the United States District Court Southern District of Florida ended with the court siding against the homeowners and for the servicers, giving financial firms a bit more room when interpreting a significant part of RESPA.

The pipeline of U.S. homes in some stage of foreclosure continues to decline with approximately 470,000 homes classified as in some state of distress during the month of August, down 25.2 percent from August of 2014, according to CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure report.

Did you get many warning signs? Not really. So if the data coming in today doesn’t fit within the pessimistic paradigm created by some of the world’s leading economists, just call it a case of déjà vu, analysts with Kroll Bond Rating Agency said Wednesday.

If the residential valuations industry was a football field, many appraisers would tell you they’re sitting on the 50-yard-line, with no book of plays, no running back, and a star quarterback who is on vacation. Editor's note: This select print feature appeared in the September 2015 issue of DS News.