by Calculated Risk on 1/25/2006 10:46:00 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports: Mortgage Application Volume Up In Latest Survey

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The Market Composite Index — a measure of mortgage loan application volume was 660.5 -- an increase of 7.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from 613.3 one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 0.2 percent compared with the previous week and was down 0.4 percent compared with the same week one year earlier.

The seasonally-adjusted Purchase Index increased by 6.7 percent to 473.7 from 443.9 the previous week whereas the Refinance Index increased by 7.8 percent to 1773.9 from 1645.2 one week earlier.

Rates on fixed mortgages decreased slightly again, but ARM rates increased:

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 6.04 percent from 6.07 percent on week earlier ...

The average contract interest rate for one-year ARMs increased to 5.44 percent from 5.39 percent one week earlier ...

The MBA survey indicates RE activity is still at a fairly high level and rebounding in January.