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Mortgage applications decreased 3.3% from one week earlier, but purchase activity momentum persisted with home sales remaining a bright spot in the economic recovery, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Home construction starts increased in July by more than forecast and applications to build surged by the most in three decades, indicating builders are responding to robust housing demand fueled by record-low interest rates.

All states that had licensing restrictions related to remote work temporarily lifted them due to the pandemic, but whether those changes could become permanent remains to be seen.

Both refinancings and purchases will be stronger than what Fannie Mae had previously forecast.

Its stock price, which slid since day two of trading, opened 10% on the earnings news.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 14.

Refinance volume led the spike in mortgage applications for the week ending Aug. 7 as interest rates continued tumbling.

Gross supply as of the end of June has already reached $1.2 trillion, a torrid pace considering the last decade has averaged $1.3 trillion per annum.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 7.

While Black homeownership just rose to its highest level in 16 years, it's still the lowest of any racial demographic and 29 percentage points behind white people.

The common stock for the new parent of Quicken Loans is expected to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Rates are forecasted to remain at the current low levels for the rest of 2020, driving steady refinance volume.

The company's servicing segment recorded a pretax loss of $251 million over the period.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 31.

The private equity megalith's mortgage trust made a second-quarter net income of over $17.5 million and $85.2 million in core earnings.

Mortgage applications decreased 0.8% from one week earlier as the latest spread of COVID-19 weighed on the minds of consumers looking to buy or refinance, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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

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