Wednesday, 27 June 2007

UPDATE 2-US home loan demand drops 2nd week to 4-month low

(Reuters) - The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications, which includes both refinancing and purchasing loans, for the week ended June 22 fell 3.9 percent to 618.6 -- its lowest in four months.




Applications, however, were 16.8 percent above their year-ago level. The four-week moving average of mortgage applications, which smooths the volatile weekly figures, was down 0.7 percent.


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