Refinancings hit highest level since March

Another drop in interest rates last week pushed refinancing activity to its highest level in nearly eight months, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.

The MBA's market composite index, a measure of total mortgage application volume, gained 3.8 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week before, thanks to a 9.2 percent spike in the index that tracks refinancings.

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