Mortgage rates declined in each week of August to reach 4.06%, a 10-month low. But while that spurred an 8.8% m/m rise in refinance applications, mortgage applications for home purchase dropped for the second consecutive month. A lack of affordable inventory is behind the drop in mortgage demand, as buyers have stayed away until the choice of homes on the market improves.
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