Potential buyers remained reluctant to take the plunge on financing a home purchase even as mortgage rates fell for the fourth straight week. Mortgage applications decreased 2{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} the week ending Dec. 2 compared to the previous week. And the average loan size for a purchase application was at its lowest level since […]

Mortgage charges plunged by just about a half-p.c this week, marking the most significant week-over-7 days decrease since November 1981. The level on the regular 30-year set mortgage fell to 6.61{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} from 7.08{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} the 7 days prior, in accordance to Freddie Mac, which this 7 days changed its methodology calculating […]