Mortgage applications increased 0.1% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 7, 2015.
The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 1% compared with the previous week. The Refinance Index increased 3% from the previous week to its highest level since May 2015. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 4% from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index decreased 4% compared with the previous week and was 20% higher than the same week one year ago.
The refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 53.1% of total applications from 51.3% the previous week. This is the highest refinance share since April 2015. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity remained unchanged at 6.8% of total applications.
The FHA share of total applications decreased to 13.3% from 13.8% the week prior. The VA share of total applications increased to 11.3% from 10.5% the week prior. The USDA share of total applications decreased to 0.7% from 0.8% the week prior.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($417,000 or less) remained unchanged at 4.13%, with points decreasing to 0.31 from 0.34 (including the origination fee) for 80% loan-to-value ratio (LTV) loans. The effective rate decreased from last week.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances (greater than $417,000) remained unchanged at 4.08%, with points increasing to 0.34 from 0.27 (including the origination fee) for 80% LTV loans. The effective rate increased from last week.
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