The reported decline in the weekly total mortgage applications index reflected a 5.3 % decrease in MBA's total
refinance application index.
Not exact matches
The MBA's seasonally adjusted
index of
refinancing applications fell 4.3 percent, while the gauge of loan requests for home purchases, a leading indicator of home sales, lost 6.1 percent.
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted
index of mortgage
application activity, which includes both
refinancing and home purchase demand, rose 9.4 percent in the week ended February 28.
Additionally, when looking at the adjusted
index of mortgage
application activity, which includes
refinancing and purchase
applications, there was an overall decrease of 2.6 percent in the week ended July 12.
Driving the rise in mortgage
applications, the
refinance index increased 7 % from the previous week.
The MBA said its seasonally adjusted
index of mortgage
application activity, which includes both
refinancing and home purchase demand, dipped 1.0 percent last week.
Demand for mortgages on purchases of homes rose for the third consecutive week last week while
applications for
refinancing decreased, according to The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) seasonally adjusted
index of overall mortgage
application activity.
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted
index of mortgage
application activity, which includes both
refinancing and home purchase demand, fell 6.3 percent to the lowest level since December 2000.
Despite this most recent release,
applications for
refinancing have moved broadly higher since the beginning of 2011 whereas the mortgage
applications for purchase
index has trended flat since 2010.
That pushed down overall loan
applications on the MBA's activity
index by 0.1 percent for the week (which totals purchase and
refinancing demand).
While the
applications for
refinancing declined, the
applications for purchases
index rose by 1.0 percent.
«Both purchase and
refinance application activity fell last week, and the market composite
index is at its lowest level since December 2000,» says Mike Fratantoni, MBA's Chief Economist.