Weekly Mortgage Demand Soars After Interest Rates Decline

Mortgage rates are at the lowest level of the year.
Weekly Mortgage Demand Soars After Interest Rates Decline
A for-sale sign is posted in front of a home in San Anselmo, Calif., on March 22, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
|Updated:
0:00

Homeowners and prospective homebuyers leaped back into the U.S. housing market last week after a decline in mortgage interest rates stimulated loan demand.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage applications surged by 20.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous week for the week that ended on Feb. 28.
Andrew Moran
Andrew Moran
Author
Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of "The War on Cash."