Mortgage applications for new home purchases in May were down by 3% from the prior month, but they were also up by 3.8% from one year earlier. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, new single-family home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
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 a scant 0.1% to 108.0 in May; the index was benchmarked to 100 in March...
Mortgage application activity slowed again for the week ending May 29, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This week’s results include an adjustment for the Memorial Day holiday. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan...
Mortgage application activity was lethargic during the week ending May 22, fueled primarily by a pullback in refinancing, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
Mortgage application activity declined during the week ending May 15, 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 2.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis from...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
