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With mortgage rates jumping for four consecutive weeks, overall mortgage application volume continues to suffer, dropping 6.3% over the previous week.

Driven by last week’s Fed rate hike, both purchase and refi apps tailed off week-over-week, as fixed-rate mortgages advanced beyond the 4% mark, pricing many first-time buyers out of the market.

Renters are at particular risk of natural disasters, especially those in manufactured homes, and may have few options to turn to after a significant event.

Along with a strain in purchase activity, the MBA's estimate of new home sales fell in January to its slowest annual pace since July 2021.

Overall purchase and refi application volume has dropped week-over-week, as rates jumped following a three-week stretch of stability.

Here’s why applications for new mortgage loans decreased. Also, learn how government refinance loans are striking back.

After rising steadily for two weeks, here’s why mortgage loan applications declined.

A new report revealed the factors driving a decline in mortgage credit availability while breaking down credit across various loan categories.

Here’s how the government shutdown, which entered its third week, is keeping buyers from purchasing a home of their choice.

On Thursday, Kathy Kraninger’s nomination to head the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection advanced to the Senate after the Banking Committee voted in its favor. See who else’s nomination advanced along with Kraninger.