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The mortgage market just had its strongest week in months

Housing Wire

Total home loan applications increased 2.8% 1 compared to the previous week , according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.17% last week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity decreased to 7.4% for the week ending Dec.

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Uptick in adjustable-rate mortgage demand helps push overall loan applications up slightly: MBA

Housing Wire

As the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage hit 7.67% for the week ending Oct. 6, mortgage applications remained near historic lows. However, an uptick in adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) applications edged total applications up slightly. Mortgage applications picked up 0.6% for the week ending Oct. from 14.5%

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Purchase loans drive mortgage applications higher

Housing Wire

Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity dipped to 3.1 % of total loan applications. Meanwhile, the share of total applications that made up FHA and VA loans grew to 9.9% The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 3.50% from 3.40%.

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Mortgage apps decline 1.2% despite drop in rates

Housing Wire

“Currently, higher rates, low inventory, and high prices are keeping prospective buyers out of the market.”. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) marginally fell to 10.4% and the Veterans Affairs (VA) loans fell to 10.4%

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Refi interest is down 41% from last year

Housing Wire

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

Housing Wire

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($642,000 or less) fell to 5.33% from 5.46% in the prior week. According to the MBA, the adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity dipped to 8.7%, the FHA share of all applications fell to 10.8%

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

Housing Wire

“The number of refinances decreased amid rising mortgage rates from 111,251 in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 78,445 in the first quarter of 2023.” The serious delinquency rate also decreased to 0.6% Still, refinance transactions saw a slight uptick in Q1 despite being down overall for the quarter. “[T]otal

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