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Real estate · on the rundown Wednesday, October 14, 2026

US mortgage applications fall 5.3% in seventh straight weekly drop

Covered by 8 outlets over 329 hours. First reported by CU Today at 17:33 UTC on October 14, 2026.

8 outlets

What happened?

  1. US mortgage applications fell 5.3% in the reported week, the seventh consecutive weekly decline, according to Sharecast's Oct. 21 report.

A machine summary written from the reports listed below; read them for the full account. How summaries are made and what is checked.

Who reported it, and when?

8 distinct reports run by 8 outlets, earliest first (UTC); a syndicated report lists every site that ran it
TimeReportRun by
Oct 14 17:33Mortgage Rates Hit Nearly 3-Year High As Loan Applications Fall Again - CU Today
  • CU Today
Oct 21 11:50US mortgage applications post seventh-straight weekly decline, sink 5.3pc - Sharecast.com
  • Sharecast.com
Oct 21 12:21Mortgage applications fall 5.3% as 30-year rate dips to 7.41% - Quartz
  • Quartz
Oct 21 13:43Report by Mortgage Professional America
  • Mortgage Professional America
Oct 21 14:25Report by Realtor.com
  • Realtor.com
Oct 21 17:38Mortgage Applications Continue to Fall Even as Rates Hold - RISMedia
  • RISMedia
Oct 21 22:58Mortgage Rates Ease, but Mortgage Applications Continue to Decline - themortgagepoint.com
  • themortgagepoint.com
Oct 28 11:00Mortgage rates fell for the second straight week, but more borrowers still sought savings in riskier loans - CNBC
  • CNBC

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