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Mortgage Applications (Dec.)

The collapse in refinancing activity in the final week of 2015 looks to reflect seasonal issues, rather than a reaction to the Fed hiking interest rates. Indeed, applications for home purchase held up and are now at their highest level in almost six years.

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