--- title: "MBA Mortgage Applications: -2.7% (Oct 14, 2026), next Oct 21" description: MBA Mortgage Applications printed -2.7% on Oct 14, 2026 against a -4.2% prior. Consensus, prior, surprise and release history, captured live as it prints. source: Helious canonical: "https://helious.io/data/mba-mortgage-applications" --- # MBA Mortgage Applications: release dates, results and history MBA Mortgage Applications last printed -2.7% on Wed, Oct 14, 2026 against a -4.2% prior. The next release is Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed. Nothing else reads housing demand this often. It is a weekly percent change in mortgage application volume, and the two pieces inside it say different things. The purchase index leads home sales by one to two months. The refi index works the other way round, reacting to where mortgage rates just went. After a Treasury rally this survey is the first hard evidence of whether the move reached borrowers. NEXT RELEASE Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM ET Next release **--:--** LATEST PRINT: WED, OCT 14, 2026 -2.7%actual forecast -4.2%prior [Full print analysis →](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-3a7394fa86d35a85/mba-mortgage-applications-2-7) ## The trend DESK-CAPTURED PRINTS · LAST 15 +3.600-6.40 2026-072026-10 Every print the desk has captured for this series, drawn as a trend. The graded history, with consensus and the standard-deviation surprise on every row, comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/). ## How it moves Treasuries Treasuries never move on this one by itself. It is confirmation tape. A refi surge after yields drop shows the rate move is transmitting. Purchase applications sliding is an early tell that housing is slowing. See it scored live on the [Helious desk](https://helious.io/), or read [how the standard-deviation surprise is computed](https://helious.io/methodology). ## Recent prints, as captured by the desk DATEACTUALFORECASTPRIORSURPRISE (SD)PRINT Wed, Oct 14, 2026Oct 14 ’26 -2.7% — -4.2% — [ABOVE PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-3a7394fa86d35a85/mba-mortgage-applications-2-7) Wed, Oct 7, 2026Oct 7 ’26 -4.2% — -6.0% — [ABOVE PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-e046719a804f261a/mba-mortgage-applications-4-2) Wed, Sep 30, 2026Sep 30 ’26 -6.0% — -1.5% — [BELOW PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-d1640691350a7d70/mba-mortgage-applications-6-0) Wed, Sep 23, 2026Sep 23 ’26 -1.5% — -4.1% — [ABOVE PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-5d481de90d33dc6b/mba-mortgage-applications-1-5) Wed, Sep 16, 2026Sep 16 ’26 -4.1% — -2.7% — [BELOW PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-fefdd9948e85be17/mba-mortgage-applications-4-1) Wed, Sep 9, 2026Sep 9 ’26 -2.7% — 0.8% — [BELOW PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-0615993488bd9ec3/mba-mortgage-applications-2-7) The 6 most recent prints from the desk's live capture, which began in July 2026, so what you see here is a sample rather than the whole record. Every row links the print page published the moment that number landed, and the full graded history is served by the [API](https://helious.io/developers/). ## FAQ ### What was the latest MBA Mortgage Applications print? MBA Mortgage Applications last printed -2.7% on Wed, Oct 14, 2026 against a -4.2% prior. The next release is Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed. ### When is the next MBA Mortgage Applications release? The next MBA Mortgage Applications release is Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM ET. Helious posts the print, the surprise against consensus and a verdict the second it lands. Weekly, every Wednesday · 7:00 AM ET · [download a sample (CSV, recent rows)](https://helious.io/data/mba-mortgage-applications.csv), free to cite with a link to this page. The full history comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/) and MCP at [api.helious.io/mcp](https://api.helious.io/mcp), with depth set by plan. [Catch the next print live →](https://helious.io/)