by Calculated Risk on 11/21/2012 07:01:00 AM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
MBA: Purchase Mortgage Applications increase, Refinance Applications decrease
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
The Refinance Index decreased 3 percent from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 3 percent from one week earlier.Click on graph for larger image.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($417,500 or less) increased to 3.54 percent from 3.52 percent, with points decreasing to 0.40 from 0.41 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value ratio (LTV) loans. The effective rate increased from last week.
This graph shows the MBA mortgage purchase index.
The purchase index has been mostly moving sideways over the last two years, however the purchase index has increased 7 of the last 9 weeks and is now near the high for the year - but this index still isn't showing an increase like other housing reports.