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Weekly mortgage applications drop on tiny rate bump

Total volume dropped 3.2 percent for the week ending January 23 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The results include an adjustment for the Martin Luther King holiday as well. After huge gains at the beginning of this month, mortgage applications are still up a striking 36 percent from a year ago.

Home Refinancing Soars as mortgage loan Rates Plunge

The Mortgage Bankers Association's most recent report on mortgage applications noted a week-over-week increase of 49.1% in its seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending January 9.

Mortgage rates tumble

Average interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages fell this week to their lowest level since May 2013, Freddie Mac said Thursday.