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Lowest mortgage rates in months create surge in applications

Housing Wire

The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage shrunk down to 6.73%, while the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances also saw a decrease to 6.83% from 7.00% Both 15-year fixed-rate mortgages and 5/1 ARMs saw rate decreases to 6.12% from 6.25% and 5.85% from 6.05%, respectively.

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Mortgage applications up 33.3% from holiday week

Housing Wire

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA both saw increases for jumbo loans it was an increase to 7.05% from 6.99%, and for FHA loans the interest rate reached 6.76% from 6.65%.

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Struggling homeowners often don’t understand escrow

Housing Wire

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan borrowers must maintain escrow accounts for the entire loan cycle, regardless of equity. Borrowers with lower equity may face high mortgage payments, but those payments won’t change with under utilized escrow accounts.

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We just had the strongest refi week in months

Housing Wire

Average contract interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances decreased to 6.97% from 7.02% and jumbo loans for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages also saw a small decrease to 7.01% from 7.02%. from the week prior.

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Mortgage applications drop after weeks of growth

Housing Wire

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances increased to 6.78% from last week’s 6.68%. Interest rates for 5/1 ARMs increased to 5.84% from 5.81%.

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Slightly lower mortgage rates fuels strong refi activity

Housing Wire

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) saw marginal movement to 6.95% from 6.97%.

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Refinance wave boosts mortgage applications 3.8%

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates continue to hover at record lows this fall. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate remained essentially unchanged at 3.01 percent last week, but rates for 15-year fixed-rate loans, FHA loans and jumbo loans all fell to new MBA survey lows.”.