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Mortgage applications rise for third straight week

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Last updated: 2023/06/28 at 8:32 PM
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Demand for home mortgages in the U.S. climbed again last week.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said Wednesday that mortgage loan application volume jumped 3% compared with the prior week, according to its seasonally adjusted index.

The Purchase Index for the week ending June 23 also rose 3%, the MBA said. 

“Purchase applications increased for the third consecutive week to the highest level of activity since early May but remained more than 20% lower than year ago levels,” MBA deputy chief economist Joel Kan said in a statement. “New home sales have been driving purchase activity in recent months as buyers look for options beyond the existing-home market.”

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The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Tuesday that the seasonally adjusted rate of new single-family home sales totaled 763,000 in May, representing a 12.2% increase from the prior month. It also estimated 428,000 new houses were on the market at the end of last month. 

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Kan noted existing home sales “continued to be held back by a lack of for-sale inventory as many potential sellers are holding on to their lower-rate mortgages.”

Overall, existing-home transactions saw a small increase, at 0.2%, between the months of April and May, with the seasonally adjusted annual rate coming in at 4.3 million, according to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors.

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The MBA survey also reported a 3% week-over-week rise and a 32% year-over-year drop for its Refinance Index in the week ending June 23. Of all mortgage application activity, refinancing comprised 27.2% during that period. 

For 30-year fixed-rate mortgages “with conforming loan balances,” the contract interest rate averaged 6.75% for the week ending June 23, according to the MBA. It had been slightly lower, at 6.73%, the prior week.

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The survey covers more than 75% of all U.S. retail residential mortgage applications and has been conducted weekly since 1990.

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