Beat The Heat! Mortgage Purchase Applications RISE 5% From Previous Week As Homebuyers Scramble To Beat The Fed’s Monetary Tightening

by confoundedinterest17 Yes, homebuyers are jumping into a generally slowing housing market to “beat the heat.” That is, beat The Fed’s monetary tightening. Mortgage applications increased 2.0 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage …

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Slowing! Mortgage Purchase Applications Down 2% From Previous Week, Down 8% From Same Week Last Year (Bankrate’s 30Y Mortgage Rate Rises To 4.46%)

by confoundedinterest17 Mortgage applications decreased 1.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 11, 2022. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 1 percent from one …

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MBA Mortgage Purchase Applications Rise 11%, Refi Applications Rise 9% From Previous Week, But Refi Apps Still Down 50% From Same Week Last Year (10Y-2Y Treasury Curve Continues To Flatten)

by confoundedinterest17 The mayhem caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine is helping drive down interest rates … for the time being … and this is helping push down mortgage rates and increase mortgage applications. Mortgage applications increased 8.5 percent …

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US Mortgage Purchase Applications UP 3.24% From Previous Week As Mortgage Rates Rose To 3.30% (But Purchase Applications Down 9.3% From Same Week Last Year)

by confoundedinterest17 Mortgage purchase applications rose 3.24% from the previous week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. However, purchase applications are down 9.3% from Mortgage refinancing applications declined -1.57% from the previous week as mortgage rates rose from 3.23% …

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There were only two previous periods where the top 10-stocks contributed more than 25% to the earnings of the entire index. Probably Nuttin’

There were only two previous periods where the top 10-stocks contributed more than 25% to the earnings of the entire index. Probably Nuttin' pic.twitter.com/qtmBvjLT3E — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) October 14, 2021 A flattening Treasury yield curve signals a U.S. recession …

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Mortgage Purchase Applications Rise 1% From Previous Week, But Down 18% From Last Year Thanks To Unaffordable Home Prices

by confoundedinterest17 Simply unaffordable is what singer Robert Palmer would say. Homes, that is. Mortgage applications increased 2.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 6, …

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