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Refinancings more than doubled the year-ago amount and made up for the slowed purchase activity, according to Attom Data Solutions.

While there was a small uptick in missed payments for multifamily loans, the rate remained in the same area it's been at for the last year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Christine Melilli, a manager of the firm at Smolin Lupin, is a licensed CPA in New York and is also licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey. With over 22 years of accounting experience, she’s spent five years of public accounting, five years of Fortune 500 experience, and has also run her own tax and accounting practice as a sole proprietor.

The departures of Bryan Schneider and Peggy Twohig come as the Biden administration's nominee to run the consumer bureau awaits Senate confirmation.

Rates have seesawed in recent weeks, with investors looking for signs of inflation as the economy recovers from the pandemic.

Sina Chehrazi serves is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nayya.

Elizabeth Lutes is the senior vice president of Transition Services.

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