Interest rates decreased more than 2/10 of a percent on 15-year and 30-year Fixed Rate Mortgages (FRMs) and increased slightly on 1-year Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs). Points were unchanged for 30-year FRMs, fell slightly for 15-year FRMs and rose for 1-year ARMs.
Mortgage Rate Averages:
* 30-Year FRM: 5.82% with 1.07 points*
* 15-Year FRM: 5.38% with 1.12 points
* 1-Year ARM: 6.28% with 0.99 points
* Points reported by Mortgage Bankers Association in this survey include origination fees as well as traditional discount points. Average rates are based on an 80% LTV loan. This means a loan amount no more than 80% of the property value as determined by the lower of the purchase price or appraised value. Typically this means a 20% down payment, though in some cases part of the balance can be provided by a second mortgage.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 05, 2007) — The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 30, 2007. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, was 791.8, an increase of 22.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from 646.3 one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 51.5 percent compared with the previous week-which was a shortened week due to the Thanksgiving holiday-and was up 24.2 percent compared with the same week one year earlier. The changes calculated above are based on revised numbers for the previous reporting period.
The Refinance Index increased 31.9 percent to 2761.3 from 2093.0 the previous week and the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 15.2 percent to 464.3 from 403.2 one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Purchase Index increased 37.3 percent to 373.5 from 272.1 the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Conventional Index increased 21.9 percent to 1138.4 from 933.5 the previous week, and the seasonally adjusted Government Index increased 27.8 percent to 214.0 from 167.4 the previous week. The changes calculated above are based on revised numbers for the previous reporting period.
Due to an error by one of the larger reporting companies for the Thanksgiving-shortened week ending November 23, the indices reported in the November 28, 2007 press release have been revised. The seasonally adjusted market composite index for that week was 646.3 rather than the 652.5 originally reported. The refinance index was 2093.0 rather than the 1862.9 originally reported and the seasonally adjusted purchase index was 403.2 rather than the 450.1 originally reported.
The four week moving average for the seasonally adjusted Market Index is up 4.5 percent to 706.8 from 676.5. The four week moving average is up 3.1 percent to 431.0 from 418.2 for the Purchase Index, while this average is up 6.7 percent to 2342.5 from 2196.2 for the Refinance Index.
The refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 56.0 percent of total applications from 51.4 percent the previous week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity decreased to 11.6 from 14.6 percent of total applications from the previous week.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 5.82 percent from 6.09 percent, with points unchanged at 1.07 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio loans.
The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 5.38 percent from 5.69 percent, with points decreasing to 1.12 from 1.13 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans.
The average contract interest rate for one-year ARMs increased to 6.28 percent from 6.24 percent, with points increasing to 0.99 from 0.96 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans.
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