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Their activity was below the record share hit at the start of 2022, and down from the high water mark of 93,700 properties bought in the third quarter last year.

The declines in home mortgage operations followed a profitable first quarter as originations slumped and the payments business generated less net financial income than in the previous fiscal period.

While commercial investors have begun to recognize the importance of anticipating extreme weather events in their business strategies, companies involved in residential transactions lag behind.

The decline continues the trend of seesaw movements, coming just a week after economic worries led averages to surge.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell for a sixth straight month in July in the latest indication of how high borrowing costs and waning demand are propelling the housing market's rapid decline.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent offensive against redlining by nonbank mortgage originators is increasingly relying on internal communications to make charges stick.

New capital standards the government bond insurer added were lower than the ones in previously proposed rules that had riled lenders and servicers.

While fewer units are being sold and inventory is rising, both Remax and First American are upbeat about buyer demand remaining strong.

Numbers decreased for both purchases and refinances, which also saw the slowest pace of activity in over 20 years.

The move will reduce the excess capacity in the field but the effects on servicing are likely to dampen the Federal Housing Administration market, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said.