It’s a risky time to be without a locked mortgage rate — especially with the pending release of January’s Non-Farm Payrolls report.
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Florida Mortgage Update for the Week of January 3, 2012
Mortgage markets improved last week during a holiday-shortened trading week.
A Mortgage Rate Strategy Ahead Of Friday’s Jobs Report
Mortgage rates are prepped to make big moves in the next 36 hours. Is it time for you to call in your rate lock?
Florida Mortgage Update for the Week of September 6, 2011
Mortgage markets improved last week on a weak jobs report, expectation for new market stimulus, growing evidence of a global economic slowdown. Rates were especially volatile, too, with the long Labor Day Weekend looming.
Florida Mortgage Update for the Week of August 29, 2011
This week, mortgage rates will be jumpy. As well as a full slate of economic data, because of Labor Day, bond markets will be light on volume. When volume is light, pricing gets volatile.
Job Growth Returning To “Normal” Levels — A Bad Sign For Orlando Mortgage Rates
If the thought of rising Orlando mortgage rates makes you nervous, call your loan officer and lock in a rate today.
Florida Mortgage Update for the Week of May 2, 2011
Last week marked the 3rd consecutive week through which conforming mortgage rates dropped, the longest such streak since February. This week, the jobs report is due.
Florida Mortgage Update for the Week of April 4, 2011
In a volatile week of trading, mortgage markets closed unchanged last week.
Florida Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of September 7, 2010
Mortgage rates worsened 3 days in a row last week for the first time since late-April.
Tying Friday’s Jobs Report To Rising Mortgage Rates
Non-Farm Payrolls is the official name of the government’s monthly jobs report and, given the fragile state of the U.S. economy, Wall Street will be watching it closely. Mortgage rates could spike come Friday morning.
