Wed, Nov 15 2023, 8:25 AM
Even though mortgage interest rates changed only slightly, the volume of mortgage applications moved higher for the second time in as many weeks. The ...
Wed, Oct 11 2023, 10:27 AM
A reduction in adjustable mortgage rates led some cost-stressed borrowers to forsake fixed-rate security and drove mortgage application volume up slig...
Wed, Sep 13 2023, 10:15 AM
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Wed, Aug 2 2023, 9:19 AM
The weekly applications report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) wasn’t positive, but it was certainly consistent. MBA said its Market Compo...
Wed, Jul 19 2023, 9:35 AM
Applications for refinancing rebounded last week from the previous week’s holiday-related slowdown but purchase applications slid lower. The Mortgage ...
Wed, May 31 2023, 8:33 AM
Rising rates and sparse inventories continue to hamper the mortgage market. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a...
Wed, Apr 26 2023, 8:32 AM
Mortgage application volume increased during the week ending April 21. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measu...
Wed, Mar 15 2023, 8:34 AM
Mortgage application volume increased for a second straight week as investors fled to the safety of government-guaranteed securities in the wake of th...
Wed, Jan 18 2023, 4:16 PM
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Wed, Jan 18 2023, 9:49 AM
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Wed, Jan 4 2023, 8:22 AM
The end-of-year holiday season took its usual toll on mortgage applications. The Mortgage Brokers Association (MBA) report this morning recapped the p...
Wed, Dec 14 2022, 9:01 AM
The mortgage market disregarded a slight increase in interest rates last week. Refinance applications posted a second weekly gain, and the Purchase M...
Wed, Dec 7 2022, 8:19 AM
Application volume the past week didn’t fully recover from the usual Thanksgiving week losses a week prior. Refinancing did improve, but purchase vol...
Wed, Oct 26 2022, 9:41 AM
There was a slight increase in refinancing during the week ended October 21, but overall mortgage applications fell for the fifth straight week. The M...
Wed, Oct 19 2022, 8:18 AM
Mortgage application activity fell again during the week ended October 14 as mortgage interest rates hit their highest level in 20 years. The Market B...
Wed, Oct 5 2022, 7:44 AM
There were two storms brewing last week and each contributed to driving mortgage applications to generational lows. The Mortgage Bankers Association (...
Wed, Sep 21 2022, 9:29 AM
Mortgage application activity increased for the first time in six weeks during the period ended September 16 although the prior week had been shortene...
Wed, Aug 31 2022, 10:49 AM
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Wed, Aug 31 2022, 10:11 AM
The volume of mortgage applications fell again last week, dragged lower by refinancing which had its largest week-over-week decline since mid-May. The...
Wed, Aug 24 2022, 10:27 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association, (MBA) says its Weekly Mortgage Application Survey for the week ended August 19 shows the volume of mortgage applicat...
Wed, Aug 3 2022, 9:02 AM
Mortgage application activity rose last week, reversing a series of declines that started in late June. The increase was modest; the Mortgage Bankers ...
Wed, Jul 27 2022, 8:55 AM
The number of applications for residential mortgages retreated for the fourth consecutive period during the week ended July 22 according to the Weekly...
Wed, Jul 20 2022, 10:24 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today that its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, fell again during th...
Wed, Jun 22 2022, 11:30 AM
An increase in home purchase activity drove mortgage applications higher during the week ended June 17. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said it...
Wed, Jun 15 2022, 8:29 AM
Mortgage application volume increased during the week ended June 10 after four straight weeks of declines. However, the overall gains shown by data fr...
Wed, Jun 8 2022, 3:48 PM
It's a fairly sobering headline any way you word it: mortgage applications hit the lowest levels in 22 years last week according the the Mortgage Bank...
Wed, May 25 2022, 4:08 PM
Today's weekly mortgage application survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) was fairly unsurprising in that applications declined, but at a...
Wed, Apr 27 2022, 2:43 PM
Today brought 2 new scheduled data releases for the housing market. Both were fairly logical given the variables in play. So far in 2022, one of the...
Wed, Apr 20 2022, 12:57 PM
The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) latest weekly mortgage application data shows an ongoing and unsurprising decline in refinance applications. ...
Wed, Apr 20 2022, 11:35 AM
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Wed, Mar 16 2022, 1:00 PM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its latest mortgage application numbers this morning and the modest movement belies the drama unfoldin...
Wed, Mar 9 2022, 9:34 AM
The news release for weekly mortgage applications may have come out today, but as with any economic report, it refers to things that happened in the p...
Wed, Mar 2 2022, 1:24 PM
Mortgage applications have been making logical moves recently with higher rates causing a sharp deceleration in refinance activity. Purchases are off...
Wed, Feb 23 2022, 9:25 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association released its weekly mortgage application data this morning. Here's the skinny: Refi Applications
-16% from last...
Wed, Nov 3 2021, 9:04 AM
The volume of mortgage applications as measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Market Composite Index declined during the week ended Oc...
Wed, Oct 20 2021, 10:20 AM
Mortgage application volume fell sharply last week, the second decline of more than 6 percent in the past three weeks. Refinancing was down for the fo...
Wed, Oct 13 2021, 10:31 AM
The volume of mortgage applications ticked up last week for the first time in three weeks, but an uptick was the extent of it. The Mortgage Bankers As...
Wed, Oct 6 2021, 11:00 AM
Mortgage applications declined by the largest margin in three months during the week ended October 1. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market...
Wed, Sep 29 2021, 10:46 AM
Mortgage application volume edged slightly lower during the week ended September 24 , with purchase and finance applications sharing in the dip. The M...
Wed, Sep 22 2021, 8:08 AM
The volume of applications for first mortgages grew by 4.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the first full week after Labor Day. The Mort...
Wed, Sep 1 2021, 11:04 AM
Mortgage application volume declined again last week , dragged down by flagging refinance activity. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Ma...
Wed, Aug 25 2021, 10:45 AM
Both refinance and purchase applications increased slightly last week , and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a ...
Wed, Aug 18 2021, 8:09 AM
Mortgage application volume was lower over the last week, continuing the up-one-week, down-the-next pattern it has displayed since late June. The Mort...
Wed, Aug 11 2021, 10:40 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, rose 2.8 percent on a seasona...
Wed, Aug 4 2021, 10:46 AM
Despite newly lower interest rates, mortgage applications were lower during the week ended July 30. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Ma...
Fri, Jul 16 2021, 12:45 PM
A set of special questions on a Q1 National Housing Survey asked consumers, who were also recent homebuyers, about their experiences obtaining a mortg...
Wed, Jul 14 2021, 8:44 AM
Mortgage application volume during the week ended July 9 featured the largest weekly increase since the first full week of 2021. The Mortgage Bankers ...
Wed, Jul 7 2021, 8:08 AM
The week preceding the Independence Day holiday saw a further decline in mortgage applications for both home purchases and refinancing. The Mortgage B...
Wed, Jun 30 2021, 9:34 AM
Mortgage applications fell sharply last week, affecting both refinance and purchase components of the Mortgage Banker Association's (MBA's) Market Com...
Wed, Jun 16 2021, 8:07 AM
Mortgage application activity bounced back from the Memorial Day holiday week with a seasonally adjusted increase of 4.2 percent in the Mortgage Banke...
