Americans’ interest in refinancing their mortgage payments has risen in the months leading up to the start of the Iran war, fueled by a steady decline in rates that was only reversed after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on the Middle Eastern country , leading them to jump back above the 6 percent mark. Application for loan refinancing actually declined 4.4 percent in the week ending May 8 when compared to the previous week, according to the latest data by Haver Analytics, but were