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The decline occurred even as interest rates held steady, but average loan amounts shot up due to a heightened slowdown of federally sponsored activity, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The Mortgage Cadence's pipeline of potential customers has shifted from "niche players" to primarily nonbank lenders, Executive Vice President Joe Camerieri said.

Major firms cite costly devastating hurricanes and widespread litigation against the industry as reasons to sunset policies for an unspecified number of property owners.

In the Pacific region and Mountain states recorded real estate value drops compared to last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency found.

"I do believe you'll begin to see some improvement, or increases, in new housing as we head into the back half of the year," Chief Financial Officer Jim Peters said in an interview. "We're hearing optimistic stuff from the builders we deal with."

The bottom five metros have an average five-year median home value appreciation of 35.46%.

Overall sentiment in the segment shows 30% of businesses expect market conditions to become more favorable for them over the next six months, while 26% said they would get worse, according to a new study.

The companies have requested an extension of the floating-rate loan, which matured in July, according to a servicer report.

Buying Sculptor Capital Management could lead the real estate investment trust to explore an offering for the origination and servicing business in the near to mid-term, BTIG said.

The top five metros have an average five-year median home value appreciation of 48.49%.