A decline in refinancing pushed the volume of mortgage applications lower during the week ended August 26 according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The Survey's Market Composite Index which measures application volume was down 9.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis and 10 percent on an unadjusted basis from the previous week while the Refinance Index dropped 12.2 percent. The Purchase Index increased 0.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis but was...