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Historical Low Mortgage Rates Aren't Permanently Low

On December 2, 2010 By

Mortgage rates are rising, up nearly 1 percent since mid-October. Tomorrow, rates could rise again.

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Mortgage Rate Predictions | Week of November 29, 2010

On November 29, 2010 By

Last week was another holiday-shortened week marked by volatility. Mortgage rates improved on three of the four trading days, but still lost overall on the week as Wednesday posted a staggering 93 basis point loss, one of the 10 worst days of the year.

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Are Today's Mortgage Rates Predicting The Future?

On November 5, 2010 By

Mortgage rates have been falling since April, shedding more than 1 percentage point since the Refi Boom began creating interesting 30 Year v. 15 Year v. 5/1 ARM comparisons.

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Friday's Jobs Data Presses Current Mortgage Rates Lower

On October 11, 2010 By

This is commonly referred to as the “the jobs report” and the data strongly influences stocks and bonds and therefore is highly influential with home affordability figures. Especially in today’s economic climate and we saw mortgage rates dip lower on Friday.

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Jobs Gain, Mortgage Rates Lose

On September 3, 2010 By

If the broader economic picture turns towards anything other than the worst-case projections, home values and mortgage rates should continue to rise.

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Jobs, Mortgage Rates & Home Affordability

On July 7, 2010 By

A major reason that interest rates dipped even lower last week was due to the rather disappointing jobs report.

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Interest Rate Predictions: Week of June 7, 2010

On June 7, 2010 By

Conforming and FHA mortgage rates dropped for the fifth time in six weeks and, once again, rates are trolling back near all-time lows.

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Jobs Report Crushes Interest Rate Predictions

On June 4, 2010 By

This week’s Interest Rate Predictions were watching today’s jobs report. First Friday of the month we get the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “Non-Farm Payrolls” report from the prior month.

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Mortgage Rate Predictions: Week of June 1, 2010

On June 1, 2010 By

For the first time in five weeks, both conforming and FHA Chicago mortgage rates rose. The all-out global financial crisis was downgraded to a somewhat global financial crisis and we saw stocks gain at the expense of bonds, including mortgage backed securities.

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