Mortgage applications hit almost 5-year high: MBA
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. mortgage applications surged to the highest level in over five years in the latest week, as potential borrowers came out in droves to refinance as government interventions helped push interest rates down to record lows, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.
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