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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.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","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":6,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Mortgage Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["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 17:00:00.871904+00","research_date":"2026-09-29","source_snapshot_sha256":"51d450c64b1d2fefda29d994de5b452049011ffe1660e198f68f161693eba40d","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":35,"qualified_finalists":6,"ranking_unit":"Mortgage refinance lender"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Carrington Mortgage Services is a good fit to investigate for refinancing approval despite an elevated debt-to-income ratio, but it is not a confirmed approval solution. Three of the six platforms that evaluated fit named Carrington during the ranking stage, and it finished first overall in the final ranking. The strongest reason to consider it is that Carrington's Non-QM Flexible Advantage program explicitly targets high-DTI borrowers and can use alternative income documentation . 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