Posted To: MND NewsWireApplications for both refinancing and purchase mortgages retreated last week , pulling the Mortgage Bankers Associations (MBA’s) Market Composite Index lower for the second time in as many weeks. MBA said the index, a measure of application volume, declined by 1.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ended June 26 and was down 2.0 percent on an unadjusted basis. While the Refinance Index ticked down 2 percent from the week ended June 19, low interest rates kept the refinancing volume 74 percent higher than the same week one year ago. The refinance share of mortgage activity decreased to 61.2 percent of total applications from 61.3 percent the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index dipped 1 percent and the unadjusted version was down 2 percent compared with the…(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.