Surging inflation and interest rates are hammering American consumers and weighing on the housing market.
Mortgage demand fell last week, hitting the lowest point since 2000, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Buyers have lost considerable purchasing power as rates have almost doubled since earlier this year.
The pain in the mortgage market is only getting worse as higher interest rates and inflation hammer American consumers.
Mortgage demand fell more than 6% last week compared with the previous week, hitting the lowest level since 2000, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home dropped 7% for the week and were 19% lower than the same week in 2021. Buyers have been contending with high prices all year, but with rates almost double what they were in January, they’ve lost considerable purchasing power.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/20/mortgage-demand-drops-to-lowest-level-in-22-years.html 
US:Mortgage demand drops to a 22-year low as higher interest rates and inflation crush homebuyers
Mortgage demand fell last week, hitting the lowest point since 2000, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Buyers have lost considerable purchasing power as rates have almost doubled since earlier this year.
The pain in the mortgage market is only getting worse as higher interest rates and inflation hammer American consumers.
Mortgage demand fell more than 6% last week compared with the previous week, hitting the lowest level since 2000, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home dropped 7% for the week and were 19% lower than the same week in 2021. Buyers have been contending with high prices all year, but with rates almost double what they were in January, they’ve lost considerable purchasing power.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/20/mortgage-demand-drops-to-lowest-level-in-22-years.html