Mortgage applications slipped in the latest week, despite mortgage rates continuing to hold near yearly lows and keeping borrowing costs down.
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Refi Applications Boost Loan Demand
A mini boom in refinance applications last week, with a 3.8 percent jump in demand, reversed course in the latest week, falling 4 percent, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index of application activity for the week ending Aug. 8.
Home purchase applications, viewed as a leading indicator of future home sales, fell 1 percent during the week.
Overall, the index, reflecting 75 percent of the residential mortgage market, showed that mortgage applications – including for refinance and home purchases – dropped 2.7 percent during the week.
Meanwhile, the fixed-rate 30-year mortgage averaged 4.35 percent during the week, holding at its same average the week prior, the MBA reports.
Source: “U.S. Mortgage Applications Fall in Latest Week: MBA,” Reuters (Aug. 13, 2014)
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