Mortgage applications increased 1.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 20, 2021.
The Refinance Index increased 1 percent from the previous week and was 3 percent higher than the same week one year ago. You can clearly see the Refi Wave associated with the Covid outbreak and sudden Fed monetary stimulus resulting in a lowering of 30-year mortgage rates.
The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 3 percent from one week earlier. Notice the general slowdown in purchase applications with soaring home prices.
The unadjusted Purchase Index increased 1 percent compared with the previous week and was 16 percent lower than the same week one year ago.
Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep those mortgages moving.
