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Mortgage Applications Slide As Refis Pull Back Sharply

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  • MBA composite mortgage applications fell a seasonally adjusted -5.7% last week, more than reversing a 5.1% cumulative increase over the prior three weeks.
  • It came as refis tumbled -13.6% after a 17.5% cumulative increase, whilst purchase applications saw a third weekly decline with -1.1%.
  • The 30Y conforming mortgage rate increased 4bp as what had been a 28bp decline from the recent peak of 7.29% in late April leveled off.
  • The conforming to jumbo spread was unchanged at -17bps, continuing to hold at a typical level for those seen in 2024 to date.

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  • MBA composite mortgage applications fell a seasonally adjusted -5.7% last week, more than reversing a 5.1% cumulative increase over the prior three weeks.
  • It came as refis tumbled -13.6% after a 17.5% cumulative increase, whilst purchase applications saw a third weekly decline with -1.1%.
  • The 30Y conforming mortgage rate increased 4bp as what had been a 28bp decline from the recent peak of 7.29% in late April leveled off.
  • The conforming to jumbo spread was unchanged at -17bps, continuing to hold at a typical level for those seen in 2024 to date.