US mortgage applications rise in latest week: MBA
[NEW YORK] Applications for US home mortgages rose last week as mortgage rates continued to slide, bringing activity to a 17-month high for a second straight week, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, rose 14.2 per cent in the week ended Jan 16.
The MBA's seasonally adjusted index of refinancing applications jumped 22.3 per cent to 2,746.1.
The gauge of loan requests for home purchases, a leading indicator of home sales, dipped 2.5 per cent after reaching its highest level since September 2013 earlier this month.
Fixed 30-year mortgage rates averaged 3.8 per cent in the week, the lowest level since May 2013, down from 3.89 per cent in the previous week.
The survey covers over 75 per cent of US retail residential mortgage applications, according to MBA.
REUTERS
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