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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Mortgage interest rates just hit a level not seen since the year 2000. As a result, mortgage demand is now sitting near a 27-year low.

Total mortgage application volume fell 1.3% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Volume was 25.5% lower than the same week one year ago.

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) increased to 7.41%, from 7.31%, with points decreasing to 0.71 from 0.72 (including the origination fee) for loans with a 20% down payment. The rate was 6.52% one year ago.

The 30-year fixed jumbo mortgage rate increased to 7.34%, the highest rate in the history of the MBA’s jumbo rate series dating back to 2011.

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[-] Casallas@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

This is a much larger factor in the drop off of mortgage requests, the "lock in" phenomenon is a real thing. It seems like there's a lot of ignoring of this very simple fact. If you have a rate of 2.4% then why would you switch to a rate of approaching eight percent?

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