This report provides monthly data and analysis on mortgage rates, refinance volume, and Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) volume by state, LTV buckets and other measures.
Report Highlights
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Refinance volume continued to be strong in May as 30-year mortgage rates reached new record lows.
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HARP volume represented 20 percent of total refinance volume in May, the highest percentage reported since the inception of HARP. One in five refinanced loans in May was through HARP.
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The number of completed refinances for underwater borrowers in the first five months of 2012 exceeded the number of refinances completed for underwater borrowers for all of 2011.