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Mortgage Applications Tick Lower Again, Restrained By Higher Rates

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MBA composite mortgage applications fell for the second consecutive week, by a seasonally adjusted -0.7% in the week to March 22, with purchases -0.2% and refis -1.6%.

  • The pullback comes amid more elevated mortgage rates, with Jumbo 30Y rates at 7.14% (unch from the prior week) and conforming at 6.93% (down 4bp on the week but above the 6.84% two weeks earlier).
  • Mortgage applications are up a little from recent lows, but but remain well below pre-pandemic levels.
  • As to be expected, the uptick in mortgage rates to around 7% - after conforming 30Y rates had dipped as low as 6.71% in late December amid a more dovish outlook on Fed policy - continues to restrain overall mortgage activity.

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MBA composite mortgage applications fell for the second consecutive week, by a seasonally adjusted -0.7% in the week to March 22, with purchases -0.2% and refis -1.6%.

  • The pullback comes amid more elevated mortgage rates, with Jumbo 30Y rates at 7.14% (unch from the prior week) and conforming at 6.93% (down 4bp on the week but above the 6.84% two weeks earlier).
  • Mortgage applications are up a little from recent lows, but but remain well below pre-pandemic levels.
  • As to be expected, the uptick in mortgage rates to around 7% - after conforming 30Y rates had dipped as low as 6.71% in late December amid a more dovish outlook on Fed policy - continues to restrain overall mortgage activity.