Quarterly mortgage originations at First Republic Bank shot up by more than half on a quarter-over-quarter basis, while the servicing portfolio grew.
Residential loan originations came to $3.416 billion during the period that began on April 1 and ended on June 30.
Business was significantly better than in the first quarter of this year, when $2.239 billion was originated.
The operational statistics, as well as other financial metrics, were revealed by the San Francisco-based company in its second-quarter earnings report.
Activity at the financial institution also ascended from $2.902 billion in the second-quarter 2015.
For the entire first-half 2016, mortgage production amounted to $5.654 billion.
Second-quarter 2016 volume consisted of $2.933 billion in single-family loans and $0.483 billion in home-equity lines of credit.
First Republic additionally reported that it originated $1.210 billion in commercial real estate loans, more than $1.070 billion in the first quarter and $1.121 billion in the second-quarter 2015.
During the first-six months of this year, CRE loan originations totaled $2.281 billion.
The latest numbers were comprised of $0.603 billion in multifamily loans, $0.355 billion in commercial mortgages and $0.252 billion in construction loans.
The third-party mortgage servicing portfolio climbed to $11.061 billion from $10.654 billion as of March 31 and $10.305 billion as of June 30, 2015.
Residential assets climbed to $26.705 billion from $26.106 billion as of March 31 and $24.033 billion as of June 30, 2015.
The June 30, 2016, total included $24.116 billion in single-family loans and $2.589 billion in HELOCs.
The CRE loan portfolio grew to $12.311 billion as of the end of last month from $11.595 billion at the end of March and $10.314 billion at the same point in 2015.
First Republic said its most-recent CRE portfolio was made up of $6.035 billion in multifamily loans, $5.034 billion in commercial mortgages, $0.450 billion in SFR construction loans and $0.792 billion in multifamily construction loans.
Prior to the provision for income taxes, First Republic earned $201 million, more than $196 million three months earlier and $175 million a year earlier.
