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The current refinancing boom might seem like the worst time to buy leads, but for some, it may be the best.

As the coronavirus created uncertainty for the housing market, underwriting standards tightened further in June.

Mortgage rates continued their slide, with the conforming 30-year fixed at its closest point ever to breaching the 3% mark, according to Freddie Mac.

While very low inventory prevented a full market recovery, pricier home listings only trail year-ago totals by 9.2%, according to Zillow.

Booming refinancing is expected to more than offset the tighter underwriting in second-quarter mortgage results.

It's a tough time to be shopping for a home around Seattle. Blame the coronavirus pandemic.

For the first time in three weeks, mortgage application volume increased, this time by 2.2%, as purchase activity was up in a holiday-shortened week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home resales on Oahu continued their downward movement in June, but the decreases affected by safety measures were not as big as they were in May.

A Detroit-based company, which owns Rocket Mortgage and Quicken Loans, listed the size of its upcoming offering in filing as $100 million, a placeholder amount that will likely change.

The agency sought to provide certainty that most actions from the past eight years remain in effect despite the ruling that the bureau's leadership structure is unconstitutional.