The share of homeowners looking to refinance their mortgages or take out new ones continues to rise, as the typical mortgage rate has hovered in the low 6 percent range in recent months. The Mortgage ...

MBA Mortgage Applications Composite Index: -1.9% vs. +7.1% a week ago Purchase Index: -0.6% vs. +4.5% the previous week Refinance Index: -2.8% vs. +9.3% in the prior week 30-year fixed-rate mortgages ...

The biggest news is not that the Fed cut short-term rates by one-quarter percent earlier this week with more to come, but that mortgage applications exploded, increasing nearly 30% compared with one ...

Mortgage rates continued to edge down, bringing about an uptick in refinancing applications, according to the latest Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Survey. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.26% as ...

The number of people securing a home loan increased 10.9% for the week ending Aug. 8, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. This marks the second week in a row the demand for mortgage ...

Mortgage applications increased for a second straight week—up 2.7% for the week ending June 27, 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The increase comes as mortgage interest rates ...

Americans are seizing any opportunity to refinance their mortgages. In the week ending June 27, applications to refinance rose 7%, the Mortgage Bankers Association, an industry group, announced on ...

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Mortgage applications have decreased for the third consecutive week, dropping 3.9% from a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The slide comes as mortgage rates saw another ...