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Mortgage loan applications at lowest levels in four years
Evidence of the housing slowdown is mounting as the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday that home loan applications in the last week of July fell to their lowest level in four years. The drop was caused by both a decline in house sales, which reduced demand for loans to purchase homes, & the dampening of refinancing mortgages because of higher interest rates. Existing homes are selling at a pace that is 9% slower this summer than last, the National Association of Realtors says.
Freddie Mac economist Frank Nothaft said Wednesday that the latest numbers still give him hope for a soft landing. Housing sales will most likely end the year lower than 2005's all-time record, but that will still make 2006 one of the busiest years in real-estate history, he noted. Refinancing activity, however, will most likely plunge as interest rates rise. A survey of Freddie Mac borrowers has found that most refinancers are locking into new loans that charge more interest than their old first mortgages. But Nothaft says that the borrowers may still be reducing their monthly payments if they are using the refinance to pay off home equity lines of credit, which are currently charging about 9%.
A slowdown in the rate of housing appreciation is also likely to cut into refinance demand. Nothaft state that a record “88% of all refinance transactions took out at least 5 % more than their original loan in the 2nd quarter.” So far, borrowers have been drawing down only about as much as their homes have appreciated. The average amount of owners' home equity has remained stable at about 45% for the past five years or so, he said. That may change, however, if more areas experience dropping home values.
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