Wednesday, July 25, 2007

US mortgage applications fell in latest week-MBA

(Reuters) - Borrowing costs on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, excluding
fees, averaged 6.59 percent, down 0.02 percentage point from
the previous week. Interest rates were also below year-ago
levels at 6.69 percent.




The MBA's seasonally adjusted purchase index fell 5.0
percent to 424.2, its lowest reading since April. The index was
above its year-earlier level of 389.0. The purchase index is
considered a timely gauge of U.S. home sales.


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