Home Refinance Transactions Expected to fall a whopping 31% through 2008
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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) recently released their mortgage finance forecast for December. Total origination volume for 2006 is expected to be just shy of $2.5 trillion, which is about half a trillion dollars lower than the 2006 volume. According to the MBA estimates volume will continue to plummet through 2008 even though rates are predicted to remain fairly stable and remain between 6.4% to 6.6%. The hardest hit sector will continue to be refinance transactions which are expected to fall a whopping 31% through 2008 and account for only 37% of all originations. downtown San Diego condos