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Mortgage Applications Rise in Latest Week
Reuters
Alabama residential sales improve 2 percent in July
By Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE)
Appraisal Institute Unveils New Educational Offering For Reviewers
By R. Shawn Brantley, Brantley & Associates
Jobless Claims in U.S. Have Dropped About as Much as They Can
By Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg News The four-week claims average as a share of the workforce stood at 1.6 percent at the end of last month. The record low was reached in May 1969 at 1.2 percent. In more recent times, the low was in April 2000 at 1.4%.
How a Zillow-Trulia Merger Could Finally Change the Business of Real Estate
By Brad Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek, Technology
Industry News
Mortgage Applications Rise in Latest Week
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, rose 2.8% in the week ended Aug. 22.
The MBA's seasonally adjusted index of refinancing applications rose 2.8%, while the gauge of loan requests for home purchases, a leading indicator of home sales, rose 2.6%.
Fixed 30-year mortgage rates averaged 4.28% in the week, down 1 basis point from the week before.
The survey covers over 75% of U.S. retail residential mortgage applications, according to MBA.
Archived Articles
- Mortgage Applications Rise in Latest Week
- Alabama residential sales improve 2 percent in July
- Appraisal Institute Unveils New Educational Offering For Reviewers
- Jobless Claims in U.S. Have Dropped About as Much as They Can
- How a Zillow-Trulia Merger Could Finally Change the Business of Real Estate
- U.S.. Jobless Claims Lowest Since Early 2006; New Home Sales Tumble
- Economy Bouncing Back After Slow First Quarter
- U.S. construction spending highest in nearly five years
- UPDATE: Florida may soon pass New York in population
- US Budget Deficit Down to $680B, Lowest in 5 Years
- Economic Indicators - August 2013
- Key Messages on U.S. Manufacturing
- July home prices rise, but pace is slowing
- US builders boost single-family home construction in August
- Four Operating C-stores Up for Grabs in Alabama
- Report: Florida economy has lost ground
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