Average mortgage rates have increased for a sixth straight week ... With the rise in rates, mortgage applications have declined, falling last week to their lowest level since mid-August.

Mortgage rates marched higher for the sixth straight week while purchase demand continues ... "As soon as rates began to rise in early October, purchase applications fell and over the last month ...

Related: Here's how mortgage rates performed this summer “Increasing for the fifth consecutive week, mortgage rates reached their highest level since the beginning of August,” said Sam Khater, ...