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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 10:50:11.654992+00","research_date":"2026-09-29","source_snapshot_sha256":"5b61ff20faa89824373c1e048fe05e7f73c7f737c30710b1b37beac018f1e136","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":22,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Mortgage lender"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Rate is a good fit for a VA zero-down purchase loan, with verification requirements. Two of seven platforms named Rate during the ranking stage (kimi, perplexity), placing it at an average listed rank of 8.5 and a best rank of 7. The strongest reason to consider Rate is its advertised Zero Down for Heroes program with 100% financing and a potential lender-fee waiver averaging $1,640 in savings (, -13). 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