The resurgence enjoyed by refinancing over the last few weeks subsided a bit in the face of rising interest rates during the week ended October 31. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume fell by 2.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week before and by 3 percent on an unadjusted basis.
The Refinancing Index was down 6 percent from the week ended October 24 and the refinancing share of all applications eased back from 65 percent to 63 percent.