
Glenn McCullom is the copy editor of National Mortgage News.
Glenn McCullom is the copy editor of National Mortgage News.
Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 24.
Mortgage rates rose for the first time in six weeks, going back the above the 3% mark, as spreads to the 10-year Treasury yield widened again, according to Freddie Mac.
Mortgage applications increased 4.1% from one week earlier as consumers continued to pursue both purchases and refinancings even as conforming rates rose from their record lows, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 17.
Mortgage rates slid further this week, as the conforming 30-year fixed loan fell below the 3% mark for the first time in the 50 years Freddie Mac has tracked this information.
Strong growth in refinance volume following several weeks of so-so activity drove a 5.1% week-to-week increase in mortgage applications, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 10.
Mortgage rates continued their slide, with the conforming 30-year fixed at its closest point ever to breaching the 3% mark, according to Freddie Mac.
For the first time in three weeks, mortgage application volume increased, this time by 2.2%, as purchase activity was up in a holiday-shortened week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 3.