DFW Market Brief, Episode 8 — Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Kyler Hood's DFW Market Brief · Oct 6, 2026 · 2m

Mortgage applications just hit their slowest weekly pace since 2025. Purchase applications fell 4 percent, refinances fell 9 percent and sit 56 percent below a year ago. The buyers still in the game are reaching for ARMs at the highest share since October 2025, and what it all means for shoppers and sellers at 7.28 percent.

The numbers from this episode:

Mortgage applications fell 6 percent from the week before (MBA, week ending September 25)

Purchase applications fell 4 percent; both purchase and refinance hit slowest weekly pace since 2025

Refinances fell 9 percent, 56 percent below a year…