Mortgage lenders originated $48.26 billion of single-family mortgages with VA home loan guaranties during the second quarter of 2016, according to agency data provided this week to Inside FHA/VA Lending. Second-quarter volume was up 30.0 percent from the first three months of the year, with the biggest increase coming in streamlined refinancing. The VA said originations of interest rate reduction loans totaled $16.50 billion in the second quarter, up 51.6 percent ...