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Mortgage Applications (May.)

Home purchase mortgage demand continued its downward trend in May and is now broadly in line with its pre-virus level. Easing credit conditions and the reopening of the economy will provide some support to home purchase demand in the coming months. But with record low inventory constraining sales and affordability stretched, we think that home purchase applications have a little further to fall this year.

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