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MBA(米国住宅ローン協会)によると、5月1日までの週の住宅ローン申請件数は減少したが、これは住宅ローン金利の急上昇が背景にある。

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-- モーゲージ・バンカーズ・アソシエーション(MBA)が水曜日に発表したデータによると、5月1日までの週の住宅ローン申請件数は4.4%減少した。30年固定金利住宅ローンの金利上昇が、借り換えと新規購入の両方の減少につながったためだ。 これは、4月24日までの週の全体的な活動が1.6%減少したことに続くものだ。 借り換えローンの申請件数は5%減少し、新規購入ローンの申請件数は季節調整済みで4%減少した。 MBAによると、融資残高が832,750ドル以下の30年固定金利住宅ローンの平均契約金利は、前週の6.37%から6.45%に上昇し、中東情勢の混乱の影響で1ヶ月ぶりの高水準となった。 「予想通り、金利の上昇と借り換え優遇措置の縮小が引き続き市場活動を圧迫し、借り換え申請件数は前週から再び減少しました。特に従来型ローンとVAローンで顕著な減少が見られました」と、MBA(全米住宅ローン協会)の副会長兼副チーフエコノミストであるジョエル・カン氏は述べています。「借り換え申請の割合は2025年8月以来の最低水準となりました。」 カン氏は、市場全体の活動は依然として1年前を上回っており、住宅購入における平均融資額は過去最高を記録したと付け加えました。 「この増加は、経済の不確実性と金利の上昇を背景に、初めて住宅を購入しようとする人や、より低価格帯の住宅を探している人が、購入に踏み切ることを最も躊躇していることを示唆している可能性があります」とカン氏は述べています。

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