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The number of applications for mortgages to buy homes dropped 2.4% last week, matching the three-year low reached four weeks ago, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday.

Applications for home-purchase loans are down about 20% in the past year. The total number of applications fell 1.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis last week, the lowest level in four weeks.

Applications for mortgage loans are down about 28% in the past 12 months, the bankers group said.

The decline in mortgage applications confirms other indications that the nation's housing market is cooling significantly after providing a major boost to U.S. economic growth over the past four years.

...Applications for refinance loans increased 0.6% last week, but they're down about 47% in the past year as interest rates have moved higher.


besonders der letzte absatz in sachen refinanzierung wird unweigerlich dazu führen das der us konsument als treiber der us wirtschaft und damit auch als nachfrager der weltwirtschaft für lange lange zeit ausfällt.

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jan-martin