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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Mortgage Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29 20:21:44.318039+00","research_date":"2026-09-29","source_snapshot_sha256":"61fa1e6c139081b3ba3f173ee54c01c47fd6f6b9f05c88bc45631e34d14dee9f","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":24,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Home equity lender"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Spring EQ is a good, conditional fit for skipping the appraisal process on a HELOC. Three of seven platforms named it during ranking discovery, and it was the only lender in this study whose own wholesale documents spell out an AVM pathway with dollar thresholds. The strongest reason to consider it: eligible second-lien HELOCs below $250,000 at 90% HCLTV or less can use an automated valuation with a property-condition inspection instead of a full interior appraisal . 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