Glenn McCullom

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.

Mortgage rates reached their lowest level this week since Freddie Mac began its Primary Mortgage Market Survey in 1971, but they might not have yet gotten to their floor.

Mortgage application volume was down for the second consecutive week, this time by 1.8%, as a new record low for rates was not enough to overcome diminished demand, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 26.

Mortgage rates were flat this week and remain near all-time lows, according to Freddie Mac. But significant numbers of borrowers remain unable to take advantage of them.

Even as interest rates remained at record-low levels, mortgage application activity for both purchases and refinancings declined compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 19.

Mortgage rates fell 8 basis points this week to a new low as the economy remains shaky and there are new flare ups of the coronavirus, according to Freddie Mac.

Purchase mortgage application volume was at its most in over a decade as consumer confidence continued to improve in the aftermath of the coronavirus shutdown, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 12.

Mortgage rates increased slightly for the second consecutive week, buoyed early on by positive economic news such as the jobs report that came out last Friday, according to Freddie Mac.