Mortgage Data

January 16, 2006, 12:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

	30-yr Fixed Rate Mortgage	15-yr Fixed Rate Mortgage	5-yr Treasury Indexed ARMs	1-yr Treasury Indexed ARMs	MBA Refi Index	Home Purchase Index

Week ending 01/13/05	6.15%	5.71%	5.76%	0.0515	1497.5	457.4
Week ending 01/06/05	6.21%	5.76%	5.78%	0.0516	1363.2	418.3
One Year Ago	5.74%	5.19%	5.05%	0.041

Refinancings made up 42.2% of the total volume of mortgage loan applications, decreasing from 42.7% last week. Base period for indexes 3/16/90 = 100

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