Apparently the MBAss (Mortgage Bankers Association) didn’t like the fact that someone in the financial blogo-wackosphere actually had the temerity to make use of real,…
Data released today by the Mortgage Bankers Ass. suggest that housing demand is again cratering. In the last week of September mortgage purchase applications were…
The article is an excerpt from the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition Housing Update for subscribers. Scroll to the end for the subscriber link to…
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
MBA: Mortgage Purchase Activity “near 15-year lows”
by CalculatedRisk on 8/31/2011 07:13:00 AM
The MBA reports: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
The Refinance Index decreased 12.2 percent from the…
Two housing market indicators released over the last two days suggest that the market is making a seasonal peak at a weaker level than last…
So there was this big jump in mortgage purchase applications today. I thought to myself, “Hmmmm, I wonder how many will make it to closing.…
The total number of employed persons remained near the lowest levels since 2005, and the total number of mortgage purchase applications stayed near the lowest…
Tax receipts collapsed at an annual rate of 18% in October, which is far worse than I had feared based on our tracking of the…