Biden’s Mortgage Market! Mortgage Demand Down 2.3% From Last Week, Purchase Demand Down -12% From Last Year (Mortgage Rate UP 151% Under Bidenomics)

Wake Joe up before the economy go goes … down any further.

Mortgage applications decreased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 9, 2024.

The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 2 percent compared with the previous week.  The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 3 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index increased 4 percent compared with the previous week and was 12 percent lower than the same week one year ago.

The Refinance Index decreased 2 percent from the previous week and was 12 percent higher than the same week one year ago.

Mortgage rates (30Y fixed) are up 151% under Bidenomics.