Next refinancing boom won’t be as big as the last

The recent decline in mortgage interest rates will trigger a refinancing boom that will span the first half of 2015. But it will be more modest than the one in 2012, and the benefits in terms of lower mortgage delinquencies and higher consumption will also be smaller.


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