Wed, Oct 2 2019, 8:04 AM
The volume of mortgage applications rebounded sharply last week as homeowners rushed to refinance in response to another drop in mortgage rates. The M...
Wed, Sep 11 2019, 8:15 AM
Although the week ended September 7 was shortened by the Labor Day holiday, mortgage application volume managed an increase. It was the first week-ove...
Wed, Aug 28 2019, 8:09 AM
Mortgage rates increased last week and in response the volume of applications ratcheted down significantly. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) sai...
Wed, Jul 31 2019, 8:09 AM
Mortgage application activity declined for the fifth consecutive period during the week ended July 26. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its...
Wed, Jul 24 2019, 8:07 AM
It was another mediocre week for mortgage applications. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage ...
Fri, Jul 19 2019, 12:12 PM
The so-called GSE Patch for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) 2013 Ability-to-Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule (Rule) is s...
Wed, Jul 17 2019, 8:16 AM
Mortgage application activity retreated again during the week ended July 12, although refinancing remained strong. The Mortgage Bankers Association (M...
Wed, Jun 19 2019, 8:13 AM
Despite appearances, the low-rate spurred rally in mortgage applications reported last week didn't really go "poof" this week. Activity was still stro...
Wed, Jun 12 2019, 8:08 AM
Mortgage applications soared during the week ended June 7 as interest rates declined further. While applications for home purchases were up, it was re...
Wed, May 29 2019, 8:12 AM
Mortgage application volume declined during the week ended May 24, more than reversing a 2.4 percent increase a week earlier. Both refinancing and pur...
Wed, May 15 2019, 8:05 AM
One week after posting the first positive results in five weeks, mortgage application activity fell off again. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) ...
Wed, May 8 2019, 8:06 AM
After four straight weeks of declines, mortgage application activity finally gained ground during the week ended May 3. The Mortgage Bankers Associati...
Wed, May 1 2019, 8:14 AM
Despite a decline in interest rates, mortgage volume took a significant hit during the week ended April 26. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) rep...
Tue, Apr 30 2019, 8:13 AM
CoreLogic says that, while the incidence of mortgage fraud has remained relatively stable in recent quarters, income fraud remains a growing problem. ...
Wed, Apr 10 2019, 8:18 AM
The rally in mortgage application volume that sent several of the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) metrics to recent highs at the end of March f...
Wed, Mar 27 2019, 8:06 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) credited a strong start to the spring buying season for a big gain in mortgage applications during the week end...
Wed, Mar 20 2019, 8:18 AM
Mortgage rates continued to slide during the week ended March 15 and the volume of mortgage application activity picked up in response. The Mortgage B...
Wed, Mar 6 2019, 8:14 AM
An uptick in mortgage rates was blamed by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the first decline in mortgage applications in three weeks. MBA's ...
Wed, Feb 27 2019, 8:14 AM
Mortgage applications increased for the second week as interest rates again ticked lower at well under 5 percent. The Mortgage Bankers Association sai...
Wed, Feb 20 2019, 8:14 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said mortgage application volume rose for the first time in five weeks during the week ended February 7. MBA's ...
Wed, Feb 13 2019, 8:14 AM
Mortgage applications have now fallen in six of the last eight weeks. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its seasonally adjusted Market Compo...
Wed, Jan 30 2019, 8:17 AM
It was yet another holiday shortened week, this time occasioned by Martin Luther King's birthday, and mortgage application activity was down. The Mort...
Wed, Jan 23 2019, 8:15 AM
Mortgage applications returned to more normal levels during the week ended January 18 after two rather post-holiday periods. Both purchasing and refin...
Wed, Jan 16 2019, 8:07 AM
January 11 ended the first full business week in a while and mortgage activity responded accordingly. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported ...
Wed, Jan 9 2019, 8:16 AM
Even though the week ended January 4 was shortened by the New Year's holiday mortgage application volume rebounded strongly . The Mortgage Bankers Ass...
Thu, Jan 3 2019, 8:05 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) office was closed during Christmas Week and did not issue its usual summary of mortgage application activity fo...
Wed, Dec 19 2018, 8:12 AM
It is sad to say, but the good news can't last forever and the recent improvement in mortgage application volume, especially for purchase mortgages, p...
Wed, Dec 12 2018, 8:06 AM
Borrower activity continued to pick up last week as interest rates retreated to September levels and mortgage applications extended their recent winni...
Wed, Dec 5 2018, 1:22 PM
Mortgage rates remained largely flat or even slightly lower during the week ended November 30. This probably helped to maintain the upward trend in mo...
Wed, Nov 28 2018, 8:14 AM
Even though the week was shortened by the Thanksgiving holiday MBA's Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage application volume, managed a 5.5 p...
Wed, Nov 7 2018, 8:14 AM
The week ended November 2 was another week of retreat for mortgage applications as the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Market Composite Index d...
Wed, Oct 31 2018, 8:10 AM
After posting the first across-the-board volume increases in almost a month during the week ended October 19, activity reversed last week, and the sea...
Wed, Oct 24 2018, 8:47 AM
Mortgage applications rose during the week ended October 19, an increase the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) attributed to a rebound from the Colum...
Wed, Oct 17 2018, 8:14 AM
Mortgage applications were down last week by the largest seasonally adjusted percentage since September 2017 . The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) ...
Wed, Oct 10 2018, 8:11 AM
Mortgage application activity declined during the week as the 30-year mortgage rate crossed the 5.0 percent line for the first time in seven years and...
Wed, Sep 26 2018, 8:15 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage application volume, moved higher during the week ended S...
Wed, Sep 19 2018, 8:10 AM
Labor Day typically marks the end of summer and the resumption of business as usual. Hopefully it also marked the beginning of a turnaround for mortga...
Wed, Sep 12 2018, 8:10 AM
Mortgage applications for home purchases managed to move higher for the second straight time last week in spite of the usual lag in activity that acco...
Wed, Sep 5 2018, 8:14 AM
Purchase applications increased slightly during the week ended August 31, but overall mortgage activity fell slightly according to the Mortgage Banker...
Wed, Aug 29 2018, 8:05 AM
The surge in mortgage applications last week, fostered by a 6.0 percent increase in refinancing, was short-lived. Despite slightly lower interest rate...
Wed, Aug 22 2018, 8:07 AM
Last week's mortgage application activity was the best since early July as interest rates for most products drifted lower for the second week. The Mor...
Wed, Aug 15 2018, 8:09 AM
It was another week of decline for mortgage applications as those for home purchase slid for the fifth week in a row. The overall volume of applicatio...
Wed, Aug 8 2018, 8:04 AM
The week ended August 3 marked the fourth consecutive one in which mortgage activity declined. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market ...
Wed, Aug 1 2018, 8:10 AM
Mortgage activity declined again during the week ended July 27. The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Market Composite Index, a measure of loan a...
Wed, Jul 25 2018, 8:03 AM
As the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) termed it the headline on its press release this morning: "Mortgage Application Activity and Rates [were] Ne...
Wed, Jul 18 2018, 8:08 AM
Refinancing made a tiny bit of a comeback during the week ended July 13. Both the Refinancing Index, a component of the Mortgage Bankers Associations ...
Wed, Jul 11 2018, 8:02 AM
Despite the Independence Day holiday which both shortened and bisected the week, mortgage activity rallied significantly during the week ended July 6....
Thu, Jul 5 2018, 8:33 AM
In spite of a slight uptick in purchase activity, the overall pace of mortgage applications fell again during the week ended June 29. The Mortgage Ban...
Wed, Jun 27 2018, 8:10 AM
The sharp uptick in mortgage applications during the week ended June 15 was short lived. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported a strong reve...
Wed, Jun 20 2018, 8:16 AM
Mortgage interest rates waffled, moving in different directions depending on the product last week, but the volume of mortgage applications increased ...
