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The average accepted offer was one percentage point lower than the listing price, a Remax study found.

Some predict that by the middle of next year, the 30-year fixed could be priced 150 basis points lower.

Waivers boomed during the pandemic's refi wave and the recent automation of desktop appraisals have provided additional flexibilities, but their applications are limited in the current market.

Both the 30- and 15-year averages are now more than 3 percentage points higher from their levels of one year ago.

Since signing those nonbanks in the second quarter, the program has added more than two dozen originators, including Gulf Coast Educators FCU.

Lenders — all of a sudden — are competing for homebuyers' business, a silver lining in what is becoming a more unaffordable housing market.

Rocket made waves in 2016 when it promoted its online streamlined application process during Super Bowl 50. This now takes the process to the other end.

Applications for these federal-backed loans headed upward after the Labor Day holiday but were offset by slowing conventional activity, sending overall volumes down for a fifth consecutive week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

All-in-one platforms aim to take multiple tasks out of the hands of borrowers but having a narrow focus and creating strategic technology partnerships are the stronger options.

The quartet of trade groups sent a letter to National Economic Council Direct Brian Deese seeking its support for an action many have been expecting since Pres. Biden's inauguration.