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The real estate investment trust arm of two affiliate mortgage-related companies could reduce other debt and finance purchases of loans, servicing or securities.

The company allows borrowers to access a multitude of home services, promoting recapture and retention for both real estate firms and mortgage servicing rights inventors.

The impact on things like servicing rights would raise costs even for lenders that aren't banks, according to Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit. Others disagree.

The mortgages are part of a program that received congressional scrutiny earlier this year.

But at the same time, the publicly traded company is selling off another type of housing finance asset to some large depository institutions.

A continued slowdown in refinances, though, drove overall loan-application volumes lower last week, even as the Government Index posted a small gain, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But a great deal of variation in distress levels were reported between individual markets and property sectors, according to two new reports.

The power to quickly ingest and analyze large loads of data has become more critical to many businesses that require quick turnarounds in their decision making, technology leaders said.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency also is offering more opportunities for public dialogue as stakeholders debate how fast the process should move forward.

Reeling from four hurricanes in 2020 and 2021 that caused $23 billion in damage, the state is undergoing an insurance calamity that is harming its economy and even reducing its population.