MCT’s rate lock activity indices are based on actual locked loan volume, not applications. Total mortgage rate locks by dollar volume fell 5.4% month-over-month in September. Mortgage lock volumes ...

Mortgage-rate-lock volume fell 20% in September, led by a combination of seasonal decline in purchase activity and rising interest rates, according to Optimal Blue’s Originations Market Monitor report ...

Rising mortgage rates are beginning to take a toll on rate-lock activity. Most of those tariffs have since been paused or reduced until July, and stock markets have largely regained the ground lost ...