Refis lead increase in mortgage applications

Home loan application volume rose 2.5 percent last week as interest rates across all loan types declined, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.

According to the trade group, the seasonally adjusted increase was led by a 5.2 percent gain in the index that tracks refinance applications, and was offset slightly by a 0.8 percent decrease in the purchase-loan index.

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