MBA Weekly Applications Survey Apr. 7, 2021: 4th Straight Week of Declines

It’s been a familiar pattern for the past month: rising interest rates put a damper on mortgage applications activity for the fourth straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 2.

MBA Weekly Applications Survey Apr. 7, 2021: 4th Straight Week of Declines

It’s been a familiar pattern for the past month: rising interest rates put a damper on mortgage applications activity for the fourth straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 2.

MBA Weekly Survey Mar. 31, 2021: Applications Drop 3rd Straight Week

Despite a slight decrease in mortgage interest rates—the first such decline in nearly two months—mortgage applications fell for the third straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 26.

MBA Weekly Survey Mar. 31, 2021: Applications Drop 3rd Straight Week

Despite a slight decrease in mortgage interest rates—the first such decline in nearly two months—mortgage applications fell for the third straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 26.

MBA Chart of the Week Mar. 26, 2021: IMB Production Revenues

In this Chart of the Week, we compare in basis points the average quarterly credit spreads between the 30‐year mortgage rate (as surveyed by Freddie Mac) and the 10‐year Treasury yield to production revenues (fee income, secondary marketing income and warehouse spread).