Holiday-Adjusted Mortgage Apps Up
The index includes an adjustment for the fact that banks were closed on Labor Day last week. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 16.7% compared with the previous week and was up 0.1 percent compared with the same week one year earlier.
The Refinance Index, also adjusted for the Labor Day holiday, increased 6% from the previous week and the Purchase Index increased 5.2%. On an unadjusted basis, the Purchase Index decreased 17.7%.
The seasonally adjusted Conventional Index increased 5.9% and the seasonally adjusted Government Index increased 2.7%
The refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 42.1% of total applications from 41.4% the previous week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity increased to 13.2 from 12.6% of total applications from the previous week.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 6.25% from 6.42%, with points decreasing to 1 from 1.09 (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 5.9 from 6.10%, with points decreasing to 1.03 from 1.16 (including the origination fee) for 80% LTV loans.
The average contract interest rate for one-year ARMs decreased to 6.34 from 6.52%, with points remaining unchanged at 0.93 (including the origination fee) for 80% LTV loans.