Biden’s Mortgage Market Bad Wine Hangover! Mortgage Purchase Demand Down -42.4% Since 04/16/21 (Mortgage Demand Down -5.7% Since Last Week, Mortgage Purchase Demand Down -26% YoY, Mortgage Refi Demand Down -43% YoY)

by confoundedinterest17 Biden’s economy and mortgage market are like a bad wine hangover. Thanks to inflation and The Fed’s tightening to fight inflation, mortgage purchase demand is down a staggering -42.4% since April 2021. Mortgage applications decreased 5.7 percent from one …

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US Mortgage Demand Declines -8.8% Since Last Week As Mortgage Rates Rise 2.06% WoW, Purchase Mortgage Demand Down -36% YoY, Refi Mortgage Demand Down -56% YoY

by confoundedinterest17 It’s only mid April and mortgage demand should be approaching it’s yearly high. But under Biden and The Fed, mortgage demand seems to have peaked earlier than normal. It’s already late in mortgage cycle. Mortgage applications decreased 8.8 percent from …

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Mortgage Applications Dropped To Lowest Since 1996 As Purchase Applications Drop -22.2% WoW, -38.5% 2WoW, -42% YoY (Refi Apps Down -87% YoY)

by confoundedinterest17 Mortgage applications generally nosedive in the last two weeks of the year (seasonality effect), but Federal Reserce monetary tightening to fight inflation is making the last two weeks worse than usual. Mortgage applications decreased 13.2 percent from two …

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Inflation is so high that Americans are cutting back on food spending. The nonprofit food bank is spending 40% more to purchase the same amount of supplies as last year.

by BoatSurfer600 Inflation is so high that Americans are cutting back on food spending, per WSJ. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 31, 2022 The nonprofit food bank is spending 40% more to purchase the same amount of supplies as last year, …

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Darkness, Darkness! Recession Fears Push Mortgage Rates Down And MBA Purchase/Refi Applications Up (Home Prices Up 20.9% YoY In May)

by confoundedinterest17 Biden’s new campaign theme for the midterms: economic darkness, darkness. Well, this is one way to get inflation under control … crash the economy. And inflation fears growing, we are seeing mortgage rates declining and mortgage applications increasing. Mortgage applications …

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Under Biden, Mortgage Refi Applications Down -82.4%, Purchase Applications Down -7.5% And Mortgage Rates Up+80.7% (Fed FINALLY Begins Removing Stimulus!)

by confoundedinterest17 Heartaches By The Number … for American households and mortgage lenders as The Federal Reserve begins FINALLY removing monetary stimulus. Mortgage applications decreased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage …

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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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Going Down! MBA Mortgage Applications Dive 8.6% WoW, Purchase Apps Decline 7%, Refi Apps Decline 9% As Mortgage Rates Skyrocket (ARM Share Rose 9.4% WoW)

by confoundedinterest17 Thanks to The Federal Reserve helping to raise mortgage rates through the roof, mortgage applications are going down. From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey. Mortgage applications decreased 8.3 percent from one week earlier, according to …

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T-R-O-U-B-L-E! Mortgage Purchase Applications DOWN 14% From Same Week Last Year, Refi Applications DOWN 68% (Yet Fed STILL Has Its Huge Foot On Monetary Gas Pedal) This One’s Gonna Hurt You For A Long, Long Time

by confoundedinterest17 There is one song that sums up the mortgage banking industry with proposed tightening of Fed monetary stimulypto: T-R-O-U-B-L-E. Mortgage applications decreased 5.0 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage …

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