Mortgage applications activity recorded a significant upswing for the week ending June 7, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, shot up by 15.6% on a seasonally adjusted...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: For most of the ongoing presidential campaign, the Biden team and its apologists in the legacy media have been berating voters for not appreciating the economy created under the 46th president. Belatedly, the people pushing the strategy realized...
Mortgage credit availability increased slightly in May, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The trade group’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) inched up by 0.1% to 94.1 in May; the index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012. The...
Mortgage rates dipped in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.99% as of June 6, down from last week when it averaged 7.03%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.71%. The 15-year...
The first quarter of 2024 saw the lowest level of home mortgage lending since 2000, according to new data from ATTOM. A total of 1.28 million mortgages secured by residential property were issued in the first three months of the year, down 6.8% from the previous...
Mortgage application activity slowed again for the week ending May 31, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, was down by 5.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 23-27
