Mortgage applications fall in latest weekly survey

Mortgage applications fall after increasing for three consecutive weeks

Mortgage applications fall in latest weekly survey
Mortgage applications fell for the week ending June 23, ending a three-week growth streak.
Mortgage applications decreased 6.2% from the prior week on a seasonally adjusted basis; on an unadjusted basis, the market composite index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, declined by 7%.

The seasonally adjusted purchase index dropped 4% from the week prior, while the unadjusted purchase index also went down 2% from the previous week and was 8% higher year over year.

Refi activity also saw a decrease last week, to 45.6% of total mortgage applications from 46.6% the previous week; the refi index dropped by 9% from last week.

The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of total mortgage activity dropped to 7% of total applications.

FHA applications increased to 10.3% of total applications from the prior week’s 10.1%; VA applications dropped to 10.3% from last week’s 10.4%, and USDA applications remained the same at 0.7% from last week.


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