Refinances Nudge Up Weekly Mortgage Applications

A modest gain in weekly mortgage applications was driven by an increase in refinance activity. Government share of new business was more broad.

Retail residential loans applications increased 3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous seven-day period for the week ended Aug. 26.

That was based on the Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, which moved up 2 percent on an unadjusted basis.


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