Wednesday, November 30, 2016

No Surprise: Rate Spike Torpedos Refi Apps

Posted To: MND NewsWire

Thanksgiving wreaked the usual holiday-related damage on the Mortgage Bankers Association's report of mortgage activity during the week ended November 25. The company's Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, fell by 9.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to results for the week ended November 18. On an unadjusted basis, the Index was down 38 percent. The week's results included an adjustment to account for the holiday. The Refinance Index fell 16 percent and only 55.1 percent of all applications were for refinancing. That was a decline from 58.2 percent during the previous week, and the lowest share since June. There was a decline of 0.2 percent in the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index compared to the previous week and the unadjusted index was down 34 percent...(read more)
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