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Mortgage Applications Fall Back To Cycle Lows

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  • MBA mortgage applications slid heavily into year-end, falling a seasonally adjusted -10.3% on the week led as purchase applications fell -12% to joint lows from late October prior to a modest rise through November as mortgage rates retreated [green line chart below]. These levels are close to 2015 lows and before that last seen in the 1990s.
  • The latest slide came as the 30Y fixed rate increased 16bps on the week to 6.58%, still off October highs of 7.16% [white line] from a combination of the net rally in long-dated Treasuries over the same period [pink line] and a compression in the spread [red line].


Source: Bloomberg

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