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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.

PulteGroup Inc. reported plunging demand for its homes and a spike in canceled deals for the third quarter. But the shares rose, showing just how the bar has been "lowered" for builders navigating the U.S. housing slump.

In the first two quarters of the year, the channel's lenders lost an average of 35 basis points for each origination.

The New York-based startup, which launched last year, processes $3 billion in annualized rent payments, and its Bilt Mastercard customers are spending at an annualized rate of $1.6 billion, Chief Executive Officer Ankur Jain said.

A measure of prices in 20 large U.S. cities in August fell 1.3% on a month-over-month basis, the most since March 2009, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index.

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Collins Community Credit Union in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said Monday that it laid off 38 employees, primarily in its mortgage lending division. In September, GreenState Credit Union in North Liberty, Iowa, cut 42 employees, or about 5% of its workforce.