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MBA Applications Slide Further As Mortgage Rates Continue Bounce

US DATA
  • MBA composite mortgage applications fell a further -4.6% last week after the prior -5.7%, with broadly even drags from purchases -4% and refis -5%.
  • It came with a 12bp increase in the 30y conforming rate to 6.69% after the prior week’s 9bp for the highest since Mar 10 as Tsy yields began to slump on regional bank woes. The spread to 10Y Tsy yields is at an elevated ~300bps.
  • Levels of purchase applications are within 10% of Feb lows when they reached levels not touched since the late 1990s.


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