The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Their findings for the weekending December 16th were as follows:

  • Purchase Index down 5.2% from prior week
  • Refinance Index down 1.6% from prior week
  • Refi Market Share was 41.7% up from 40.2% in prior week
  • Average 30-year Fixed Mortgage Rate was 6.22% down from 6.28% in prior quarter


Mortgage rates have been generally trending down slightly since the second week in November which is expected to stimulate modest sales activity in early 2006.

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