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The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo gauge decreased six points to 34 this month, according to data out Thursday.

For the second time in the past three J.D. Power polls, Rocket Mortgage has been dislodged from the top spot.

With a scarcity of listings driving high home prices, both repeat and new purchasers are putting the most money down in decades, the report found.

Relationships with brokers will be terminated on Dec. 6, but company officials stressed there would be no impact to its loan servicing or other mortgage channels.

Because the measure of the insurance fund's soundness remained well above its target, trade groups asked whether the cost of coverage could be further reduced.

Loan activity overall came in higher for the second week in a row, with interest rates flattened following an extended volatile period, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The agency is decreasing the dollar amount for the second consecutive year, maintaining the percentage quota for mission-related loans and adding a new exemption.

The lender has shed over $1 billion in annualized expenses and said it retains enough capital to sustain operations for the next several years.