Despite incredibly low mortgage interest rates, people aren’t applying for mortgages.
From Calculated Risk, “Mortgage applications have fallen off a cliff. The weekly applications index is at the lowest level since December 1996.”
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I should add that mortgage applications spiked in April because of the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit and then fell back more towards trend after the program ended.
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