Mortgage App Volume in a Wait and See Mood?

Home buyers remained on the sidelines as interest rates drifted lower, perhaps paying attention to the Federal Reserve’s musings about future cuts. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis last week and 2.0 percent before adjustment. There was a tiny increase in the Refinance Index from the prior week, 0.3 percent, and refinancing accounted for 39.7 percent of applications compared to 38.8 percent a week earlier. The Index was 38 percent higher than the same week in 2023. [refiappschart] The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 4.0 percent from one week earlier on both an adjusted and unadjusted basis and was 15 percent lower than the same week one year ago. [purchaseappschart] “Mortgage rates continued to ease, with the 30-year fixed rate dipping to 6.82 percent, the lowest level since February 2024,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist. “Refinance applications were up, driven by conventional and FHA application activity, as some borrowers took the opportunity to act. Furthermore, the conventional refi index was at its highest level since September 2022 .” Added Kan, “Purchase applications decreased as ongoing affordability challenges persist with rates at their current levels and with home-price appreciation still strong in many markets.”

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