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Quarterly numbers also show the smallest gain in appreciation since 2011, with values decreasing on an unadjusted basis, according to Fannie Mae.

Decline was largely driven by a large dip in cash-out refinance locks.

The company previously announced it would also close its consumer-direct operations, which relied heavily on refinance activity.

In the face of a growing number in home-equity products, HECM endorsements dropped nationwide by over 43% on a monthly basis to its lowest point in more than two years.

The company said it will prepay two securitization facilities and terminate financial arrangements including at least two involving U.S. Bank.

On the other hand, the economists from the UCLA Anderson Forecast claim the U.S. is not currently in a recession and that the chance of a recession in the next 12 months is less than 50%.

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

Rate and term refinance activity has practically disappeared compared with 12 months ago, and volume for the less rate sensitive cash-out product is much lower.

Housing's unusually high appreciation rates have now slowed for three months straight, and the number of metropolitan areas that are considered overvalued keeps growing, according to CoreLogic.

Even though a Compass Point report states the pair have validated the credit scoring model and could implement it in the first quarter of 2023, interested parties would not verify it.