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Mortgage Applications (May)

A small fall in mortgage rates over the second half of May failed to arrest a downward trend in mortgage demand, with applications for home purchase ending the month at a two-year low. And with that dip in interest rates set to prove temporary, mortgage demand will remain subdued over the next year.

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