Mortgage applications fall 2.5 percent as rates rise to highest level since September 2013

The Market Composite Index decreased 2.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier, with purchase loans down 2.0 percent and refinances falling 4.0 percent. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to its highest level since September 2013, 4.80 percent.

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