Demand for mortgages declined for the second consecutive week, led by a dip in purchase mortgage applications — despite rates on a downward trend. The market composite index, a measure of mortgage ...

After 4 weeks of declines, volume jumped more than 7% last week. The Market Composite Index jumped 7.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis from a week earlier. The Refinance Index increased 6% from the ...

Mortgage demand ticked up last week as interest rates declined for a third week in a row. Applications increased by 1.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ending May 17, according to the ...

Home loan application volume fell 16.5 percent last week while applications to refinance decreased nearly 22 percent, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. And those numbers are adjusted to ...