United States MBA Mortgage Applications

Mortgage applications in the United States increased 1.6 percent in the week ended December 7th 2018, following a 2 percent gain in the previous week, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed. Refinance applications went up 1.8 percent and applications to purchase a home rose 2.5 percent. The average fixed 30-year mortgage rate fell by 12bps to 4.96 percent. Mortgage Applications in the United States averaged 0.40 percent from 2007 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 49.10 percent in January of 2015 and a record low of -38.80 percent in January of 2009.

Mortgage Applications in the United States is expected to be 1.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Mortgage Applications in the United States to stand at 3.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States MBA Mortgage Applications is projected to trend around 0.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-11-21	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	-0.1%	-3.2%	0.26%
2018-11-28	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	5.5%	-0.1%	0.80%
2018-12-05	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	2%	5.5%	0.76%
2018-12-12	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	1.6%	2%	0.80%
2018-12-19	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications		1.6%	-0.01%
2018-12-26	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications			0.01%

United States Housing	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Building Permits	1263.00	1270.00	2419.00	513.00	Thousand	[+]
Housing Starts	1228.00	1210.00	2494.00	478.00	Thousand units	[+]
New Home Sales	544.00	597.00	1389.00	270.00	Thousand	[+]
Pending Home Sales	-6.70	-0.90	30.90	-24.30	percent	[+]
Existing Home Sales	5220.00	5150.00	7250.00	1370.00	Thousand	[+]
Construction Spending	-0.10	-0.10	5.90	-4.80	percent	[+]
Housing Index	0.20	0.40	1.20	-1.80	percent	[+]
Nahb Housing Market Index	60.00	68.00	78.00	8.00		[+]
Mortgage Rate	4.96	5.08	10.56	3.47	percent	[+]
Mortgage Applications	1.60	2.00	49.10	-38.80	percent	[+]
Case Shiller Home Price Index	213.76	213.80	213.80	100.00	Index Points	[+]
Home Ownership Rate	64.40	64.30	69.20	62.90	percent	[+]

Mortgage Applications measure the change in the number of new applications for mortgages backed by the Mortgage Bankers Association during the reported week. Mortgage applications include both refinancing and home purchasing. This page provides - United States MBA Mortgage Applications - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States MBA Mortgage Applications - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.