Mortgage Applications Fall 8.1% as Rates Tick Up Sharplyhttp://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/01302013_applications_volume.aspAfter a strong showing in the first few weeks of the New Year, mortgage applications dropped sharply during the week ended January 25. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that its Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, decreasedenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31106.96)