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Just because regulators have not initiated any enforcement actions since 2014 doesn't mean they aren't watching.

New York-based broker platform Prevu currently offers buying and selling services in the Northeast, Texas and the West Coast.

The collapse in U.S. home construction during the third quarter took its biggest chunk from gross domestic product in nearly 15 years as surging mortgage rates dealt a hammer blow to demand.

But the static weekly data in the Freddie Mac survey does not accurately portray the volatility in the market in recent days.

Purchases of new single-family homes decreased 10.9% to a 603,000 annualized pace following an unexpected gain in August, government data showed Wednesday.

The cuts account for 5% of its workforce of 5,791 full-time employees as of the end of June.

However, of those that would choose face-to-face interaction, 40% want it to include a hybrid or fully digital process.

Ongoing weakness in housing markets and the economy has now driven purchase activity to its lowest level since 2015, while overall application numbers decreased for the 10th time in 11 weeks.

Mortgage experts generally expect the switch to open up lending and potentially improve the predictability of loan performance — but some are worried about potential costs.