Mortgage credit availability increased for the third straight month in September to its highest level in five months, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Tuesday.
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September Mortgage Credit Availability Up 1.5%
Mortgage credit availability increased for the third straight month in September to its highest level in five months, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Tuesday.

MBA Chart of the Week Oct. 11, 2021–Monthly Payroll Growth
Friday’s Employment Situation Summary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that job growth remained lackluster in September following similarly disappointing gains in August.

MBA Chart of the Week Oct. 11, 2021–Monthly Payroll Growth
Friday’s Employment Situation Summary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that job growth remained lackluster in September following similarly disappointing gains in August.

MBA Weekly Applications Survey Oct. 6, 2021: Rising Rates Send Applications Tumbling
The highest interest rates since July sent mortgage applications—and in particular, refinance applications—down sharply, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 1.

MBA Weekly Applications Survey Oct. 6, 2021: Rising Rates Send Applications Tumbling
The highest interest rates since July sent mortgage applications—and in particular, refinance applications—down sharply, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 1.

MBA Weekly Applications Survey Sept. 29, 2021: Higher Treasury Yields Push Rates Up; Applications Down
Mortgage applications fell last week as mortgage rates reached their highest level since July, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Tuesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 24.

MBA Weekly Applications Survey Sept. 29, 2021: Higher Treasury Yields Push Rates Up; Applications Down
Mortgage applications fell last week as mortgage rates reached their highest level since July, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Tuesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 24.

MBA Chart of the Week, Sept. 24, 2021: Distribution of Loans by APR-APOR Spread & Month
In this week’s MBA Chart of the Week, we analyze Optimal Blue single-family, 30-year fixed mortgage rate origination loan data from January 2020 through August 2021. We further group loans in the chart by the spread between their reported note rate and the (monthly average of the) Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey rates to approximate the APR-APOR spread.

MBA Chart of the Week, Sept. 24, 2021: Distribution of Loans by APR-APOR Spread & Month
In this week’s MBA Chart of the Week, we analyze Optimal Blue single-family, 30-year fixed mortgage rate origination loan data from January 2020 through August 2021. We further group loans in the chart by the spread between their reported note rate and the (monthly average of the) Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey rates to approximate the APR-APOR spread.