By Inman News, Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

The Federal Reserve’s initiatives to keep mortgage rates down are spurring a rush to refinance that will test the operational capacity of lenders, but low rates won’t translate into higher home sales unless unemployment stabilizes, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today.

The MBA has dramatically revised its forecast for 2009 mortgage refinancings, saying it expects lenders will fund $1.96 trillion in refinance loans this year.

That’s an $824 billion increase from last month’s forecast, when the MBA said it expected $1.13 trillion in refinancings in 2009. Last year, by comparison, lenders refinanced only $765 billion in loans.

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