Home Refinancing Demand Slips to 2-Year Low as Rates Rise
Home Refinancing Demand Slips to 2-Year Low as Rates Rise.
Home Refinancing Demand Slips to 2-Year Low as Rates Rise. Image courtesy of phanlop88 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Mortgage rates are on the rise, prompting fewer home owners to refinance their mortgages, but the increase doesn’t appear to be deterring home buyers yet.
The lower Home Refinancing demand caused overall mortgage applications to drop 2.6 percent last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday. The MBA’s survey covers about 75 percent of the residential mortgage market.
Meanwhile, loan applications for home purchases — viewed as a leading indicator of future home sales — inched up slightly by 0.5 percent for the week ending July 12.
Mortgage rates were at a two-year high last week, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging 4.68 percent — the highest level since July 2011, the MBA reports.
Source: “Higher mortgage rates push refinancing applications to 2-year low,” Reuters (July 17, 2013)
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