United States MBA Mortgage Applications

Mortgage applications in the United States rose 3.6 percent in the week ended February 15th 2019, rebounding from a 3.7 percent fall in the previous week, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed. Refinance applications increased 6.4 percent and applications to purchase a home advanced 1.7 percent. The average fixed 30-year mortgage rate went up by 1bps to 4.66 percent. Mortgage Applications in the United States averaged 0.42 percent from 2007 until 2019, 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 3.40 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 2.70 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
2019-01-30	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	-3%	-2.7%
2019-02-06	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	-2.5%	-3%
2019-02-13	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	-3.7%	-2.5%
2019-02-20	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications	3.6%	-3.7%
2019-02-27	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications		3.6%
2019-03-06	12:00 PM	MBA Mortgage Applications
2019-03-13	11:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications

United States Housing	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Building Permits	1322.00	1265.00	2419.00	513.00	Thousand	[+]
Housing Starts	1256.00	1217.00	2494.00	478.00	Thousand units	[+]
New Home Sales	657.00	562.00	1389.00	270.00	Thousand units	[+]
Pending Home Sales	-9.80	-7.80	30.90	-24.30	percent	[+]
Existing Home Sales	4940.00	5000.00	7250.00	1370.00	Thousand	[+]
Construction Spending	0.80	0.10	5.90	-4.80	percent	[+]
Housing Index	0.40	0.40	1.20	-1.80	percent	[+]
Nahb Housing Market Index	62.00	58.00	78.00	8.00		[+]
Mortgage Rate	4.66	4.65	10.56	3.47	percent	[+]
Mortgage Applications	3.60	-3.70	49.10	-38.80	percent	[+]
Case Shiller Home Price Index	213.66	213.87	213.89	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 February of 2019.