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Ten Western states that benefited from a pandemic-driven boom reported value declines in May, CoreLogic said.

The May uptick in nonbank housing-finance payrolls came almost entirely from lender hiring as loan broker numbers plateaued and construction demand persisted.

A resilient U.S. economy, lingering inflation and comments from the Federal Reserve contributed to a 10-basis-point hike in the 30-year fixed rate, Freddie Mac said.

Some pandemic-related gains have been ceded to depositories, national numbers from last year's Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reporting confirm.

The loans accounted for 18.6% of conventional single-family dollar volume in April, quadrupling its share of business at the peak of the refinance boom, according to Corelogic.

Researchers at the government-sponsored enterprise also maintained their outlook for a modest recession but moved anticipated onset to the fourth quarter this year.

The markets had a muted reaction to the Federal Open Market Committee pause on raising short-term rates a week ago, Freddie Mac found.

But the Mortgage Bankers Association also raised the dollar volume that it predicts the purchase market will originate this year.

Both loan volumes and interest rates came in mostly flat, but the jumbo average ran ahead of the conforming for the second week in a row, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The findings from Standard & Poor's show little impact from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's proposal regarding what information is required to underwrite a conforming mortgage.