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Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Applications Survey:

  • The Market Composite Index decreased 3.5 percent week-over-week.
  • The refinance share of mortgage activity remained unchanged at 59.5 percent.
  • The average contract interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 3.98 percent from 3.95 percent week-over-week.

First American’s September 2015 Loan Application Defect Index:

  • The rate of incidence of loan application defaults fell 1.2 percent month-over-month in September 2015.
  • The index fell 9 percent year-over-year.
  • The defect index for refinance transactions declined 1.4 percent month-over-month and 10 percent year-over-year.

CoreLogic’s Mortgage Fraud Trends Report:

  • Mortgage application fraud risk nationwide decreased 8.9 percent year-over-year.
  • Louisiana, however, saw a 17.1 percent increase in mortgage fraud risk.
  • Identity application fraud risk decreased 22.7 percent nationwide.

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Mortgage rates:

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Home equity rates:

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Yesterday’s most recent market news:

Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Housing Index:

  • The index recorded a 4.7 increase year-over-year in August 2015.
  • San Francisco, Denver and Portland reported the highest year-over-year gains.
  • The index rose 0.3 percent month-over-month in August 2015.

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