BUZZ-Mortgage lenders rise after Fed's bumper rate cut

Reuters09-19

** Mortgage lender stocks rise in afternoon trading after the U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time since 2020

** Rocket Companies , PennyMac Financial Services

and Cooper Group rise between 0.5% and 2.5%

** Mortgage lenders have had to contend with sharp declines in origination volumes in recent years due to higher interest rates

** Rate cuts would draw more buyers into the market and unleash the housing market potential in the next few years

** Analysts expect RKT to be a material beneficiary of the rate cuts

(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)

((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com))

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