The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.98 percent this week, barely down from last week’s 4.99 percent, according to Freddie Mac. Last year at this time, it was 5.10 percent.
Yet the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said in its latest report that loan application volume fell to 10.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Jan. 22. Unadjusted, the change was 10.1 percent. Compared with the same week a year ago, there was 19.8 percent less activity. Continue reading
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