While mortgage rates stayed low last week, fewer homeowners applied for a home refinance. One possible reason may be that home prices remain flat or have dropped in 19 of 20 cities, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. The Refinance Index, which reports how many homeowners apply for a mortgage refinance each week, dropped [...]
The spike in mortgage applications during the week ending January 13, 2012 was followed by a dip in the number of applications last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Mortgage rates also rose slightly last week. While mortgage applications may have declined because of the slight uptick in mortgage interest rates, the decrease [...]
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that applications for a mortgage refinance rose by 26.4 percent during the week ending January 13, 2012 compared to the previous week. The MBA’s Refinance Index reached the highest level since August 8, 2011 and the refinance share of mortgage applications rose to 82.2 percent. “Interest rates dropped last [...]
If your New Year’s resolution was to apply for a mortgage refinance, you are not alone. More refinancing applications were completed during the first week of 2012 than during the holiday season, even when adjusted for vacation days. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that for the week ending January 6, 2012, the Refinance Index, [...]
Mortgage bankers did not receive much of a holiday gift from consumers in 2011, since applications for both a home refinance and new home loans decreased during the last two weeks of 2011 even when the statistics are seasonally adjusted, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the weeks [...]
While mortgage rates, like many other factors in the economy, are often unpredictable, most economists assumed rates would rise a little in 2011 rather than drop to record lows. The continuing uncertainty in the U.S. economy is likely to keep mortgage rates hovering below five percent, at least for the first few months of 2012. [...]
Mortgage refinance applications surged for the second week in a row, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), fueled by a drop in mortgage rates. The MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey showed that refinance applications increased by 9.3 percent during the week ending December 9, 2011 compared to the previous week. This represents the highest [...]
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