Mortgage Apps Pull Back Despite Lower Interest Rates
Mortgage application activities declined during the week ended July 1 after three straight weeks of improvement. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said many businesses closed early last Friday in anticipation of the long Independence Day weekend which may have contributed to the slowdown. MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 5.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to the prior week but was 6 percent higher on an unadjusted basis. The Index was adjusted to account for the holiday’s impact. The Refinance Index f...