May Mortgage Application Payments Rise to $1,897

Homebuyer affordability was largely unchanged in May, with the national median payment applied for by applicants up slightly to $1,897 from $1,889 in April, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s monthly Purchase Applications Payment Index.

May Mortgage Application Payments Rise to $1,897

Homebuyer affordability was largely unchanged in May, with the national median payment applied for by applicants up slightly to $1,897 from $1,889 in April, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s monthly Purchase Applications Payment Index.

MBA Chart of Week June 3, 2022: MBA Purchase Applications Payment Index

In March, MBA released its inaugural monthly Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) – an affordability index that measures how new fixed-rate 30-year purchase mortgage payments vary across time relative to income. The third PAPI release on May 26 – based on April MBA Weekly Applications Survey data – gives us a picture of how affordability has been affected by increasing interest rates and elevated loan application amounts in the first third of 2022.

MBA Chart of Week June 3, 2022: MBA Purchase Applications Payment Index

In March, MBA released its inaugural monthly Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) – an affordability index that measures how new fixed-rate 30-year purchase mortgage payments vary across time relative to income. The third PAPI release on May 26 – based on April MBA Weekly Applications Survey data – gives us a picture of how affordability has been affected by increasing interest rates and elevated loan application amounts in the first third of 2022.

MBA: April Mortgage Application Payments Jump 8.8% to $1,889

Homebuyer affordability decreased in April, with the national median payment applied for by applicants rising by 8.8 percent to $1,889 from $1,736 in March, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday.