We have plenty of economic indicators on the plate for this week not to mention to continued Euro-story. Remember, positive information, when the stock market is doing well or data that indicates positive inflation tends to cause mortgage rates to rise. Mortgage rates are based on bonds (mortgage backed securities) and investors tend to trade the safety of bonds for better return found with stocks when possible.
There are no economic indicators scheduled for today and the DOW is currently up 34 at 12,836 as I publish this post on 7:45 am PST on February 13, 2012.
Here's are a few reports that are scheduled for this week:
Tuesday, February 14, 2012: Retail Sales. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012: Empire State Index, Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization and FOMC Minutes
Thursday, February 16, 2012: Building Permits, Housing Starts, Producer Price Index (PPI), Initial Jobless Claims and Philadelphia Fed Index
Friday, February 17, 2012: Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Today's my first day back from a couple days off at Mortgage Tech Summit in Scottsdale so I won't have time to update this post with live rate quotes. I will share live rate quotes on Twitter AND I'm happy to provide YOU with a no obligation mortgage rate quote for your home located anywhere in Washington state. For your personal mortgage rate quote, click here.
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