US Mortgage Applications Sink to Year Low

December 27 2007 CNBC.com U.S. mortgage applications sank last week to the lowest level since the end of last year despite falling borrowing costs, an industry trade group said Thursday. The Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted mortgage application index fell 7.6 percent in the week ending Dec. 21 to 603.8, its lowest reading since falling to 575.6 in the Dec. 29, 2006 week. The MBA's weekly indexes have been exaggerated on the high side much of the year. Borrowers facing stricter loan standards often apply numerous times in search of getting one request approved. The applications slump this week and last, however, appears to more closely reflect the status of ailing housing sales.

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