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From guidelines for remote appraisal alternatives to the ways that forbearance affects borrowers' ability to get new loans, here are five examples of mortgage requirements that have been in flux since the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.

With inventory tight and demand compounded by a nonexistent spring home-buying season, a fifth of all buyers waived inspection or appraisal contingencies to win bidding wars, according to Redfin.

The enhanced jobless benefits in the coronavirus relief law enacted in March helped limit delinquencies and maintain consumer spending, analysts say. In their follow-up stimulus plan, Senate Republicans want to cut those benefits from $600 to $200 a week.

CEO Douglas Gordon credited the relationship between Waterstone Financial and the mortgage subsidiary for the boost in net income.

The key word is "temporary" with the FHA's quality control waiver expiring and not likely to be renewed.

The company's second-quarter net income was $116 million, with mortgage banking revenue of $239 million.

After receiving a third-party stamp of approval, Fannie Mae announced July 27 completing the latest two issuances of a single-family green mortgage backed security as part of an ongoing program that started in April and expands its long-time multi-family green MBS program.

The U.S. homeownership rate, led by young buyers, jumped to the highest since 2008, signaling that the housing boom underway before the pandemic has only accelerated.

Rocket Cos., the parent of the mortgage giant founded by billionaire Dan Gilbert, is seeking to raise as much as $3.3 billion in a U.S. initial public offering.

Miami-Dade and Broward experienced a dip in year-over-year residential transactions in June. But it's not all gloom and doom: Pending sales increased year-over-year, a sign of activity increasing since April.