An ‘Open House’ sign is displayed as potential home buyers arrive at a property for sale in Columbus, Ohio.
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Record-low mortgage rates may now be a headline of the past.
Now, several weeks of rising rates are dousing what was incredibly high demand for refinancing. That pulled total weekly mortgage application volume down 1.9% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($510,400 or less) increased to 2.92% from 2.88%, with points increasing to 0.37 from 0.33 (including the origination fee) for loans with a 20% down…
Source cnbc.com
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