WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- U.S. mortgage applications fell 22 percent last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday.
The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the index decreased 22 percent compared with the previous week. The refinance index decreased 3 percent from the previous week.