Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey and the National Delinquency Survey

Market Sensitivity: Medium.

What Is It: Tracks the number of Americans applying for a mortgage to buy a home or refinance an existing mortgage.

News Release on Internet: www.mortgagebankers.org/news/

Home Web Address: www.mortgagebankers.org

Release Time: 7 A.M. (ET); comes out every Wednesday and covers the week ending the previous Friday. A separate report, the National Delinquency Survey, is published two and a half months after each quarter.

Frequency: Weekly.

Source: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Revisions: Few revisions are made.

Why Is It Important

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