As mortgage rates hit new post-pandemic highs on inflation worries, an MBA survey finds applications for purchase loans fell for the sixth consecutive week last week and are down 30 percent from a year ago.
Source: Inman News
Homebuyer mortgage demand falls to lowest level since 1995
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