New-Home Mortgage Applications Rise to 2-Month High: Survey

The increase came as mortgage rates ticked up to 6.34 percent.

Propriety for sale in Elkridge, Md., on Sept. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Mortgage applications to purchase a new home jumped to their highest level in two months, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey data, released on Nov. 12.

For the week ending Nov. 7, the volume of mortgage applications rose 0.6 percent, following a 1.9 percent decline the previous week.