https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/06/08/coronavirus-rebound-california-mortgage-applications-up-5-5-in-a-year/ > Another early sign of a housing comeback: California mortgage applications in late May rebounded, topping year-ago levels for the first time since March. > The Mortgage Bankers Association has released the California slice of its widely watched national loan-application data. The association has been monitoring this data closely since early March when coronavirus-related “stay at home” orders began throttling the economy and initially slowed house hunting.