Mortgage applications

After their first increase in six weeks, mortgage applications declined despite lower interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications increased 4.2% from one week earlier, rising for the first time in over a month, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Mortgage applications waned for the fifth week in row, hitting their lowest levels in six months, as the summer's growing interest rates plateaued.

July's new-home sales were at their highest pace since April, leading to a 3.5% year-over-year increase in mortgage applications to purchase recently constructed homes, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Mortgage applications declined for the fourth consecutive week as interest rates remained at high levels.

Mortgage applications dropped for the third consecutive week around rising interest rates and languid housing starts.

A lack of new and existing homes for sale led to a drop in purchase and overall mortgage application volume although refinances grew.

Debates on the issue often focus on how lending decisions affect certain demographic groups, but those analyses tend to ignore an important factor: default rates.

Rising median home prices and tight housing inventory led purchase and overall mortgage application volume to fall although refinances rose.