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Purchase loans drive mortgage applications higher

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Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting at the MBA, said in a statement that the increase in mortgage rates is curtailing refinance activity. Mortgage rates increased significantly across all loan types last week as the Federal Reserve ’s signaling of tighter policy ahead pushed U.S.

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Mortgage apps up 2.3% with new record average loan size

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According to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, the 30-year fixed rate reached 3.64%, more than 30 basis points over the past two weeks. Higher rates led to the “slowest pace of refinance activity in over two years,” mainly among FHA and VA loans, Kan said in a statement.

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Refi interest is down 41% from last year

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“Fewer homeowners have a strong incentive to refinance at current rates,” Joel Kan, the MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, said in a statement. The trade group estimates that the average contract 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for conforming loans ($548,250 or less) remained unchanged at 3.30%.

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Mortgage apps decline 1.2% despite drop in rates

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“The 30-year fixed rate declined for the second straight week to 5.46% but remains well above what borrowers were used to over the past two years,” Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting at MBA said, in a statement. and the Veterans Affairs (VA) loans fell to 10.4% from 10.5%

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GSEs completed nearly 60,000 foreclosure prevention actions in Q1 2023: FHFA

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The total number of loans in forbearance at the end of Q1 stood at 65,757, coming out to 0.21% of the total loans serviced and 15% of delinquent loans. 35% of loan modifications completed in Q1 “reduced borrowers’ monthly payments by more than 20%,” the report’s findings said. “The

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MBA: Mortgage apps decline 2.3% to four-year low

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Mortgage rates fell for the fourth time in five weeks, as concerns of weaker economic growth and the recent stock market sell-off drove Treasury yields lower,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. Refinance share of the mortgage activity declined to 31.5% The MBA expects 5.93

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Mortgage applications drop as rates spike

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Mortgage rates continue to be volatile due to the significant uncertainty regarding Federal Reserve policy and the situation in Ukraine,” said Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting for the MBA. The MBA found that the adjustable-rate mortgage share of the activity increased to 5.6%