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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 19:57:33.628114+00","research_date":"2026-09-29","source_snapshot_sha256":"33bf0529f67c96ae346ec44a0073e4db66c98f53bd06b9b217c999d8305325b0","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":30,"qualified_finalists":8,"ranking_unit":"Home equity lender"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Direct.com is a mixed fit for accessing equity in a vacation or second home. Three of seven platforms named it during the ranking stage, and those that did described a dedicated second-home HELOC with clear eligibility, a published 70% CLTV cap, and a $20,000–$200,000 line range. The strongest reason to consider it is a purpose-built second-home product with no stated origination, application, annual, or ordinary closing fees. 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