What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: March 9, 2015

mortgageporter-economyMy apologies for being a day late on my “Monday Rate Post”…I’ve been busy working on transactions in process and new refi and purchase loans. Biz has to come before blog. However, I have a few moments now to share with you the economic indicators scheduled to be released this week, which is on the lighter side.

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What May Impact Mortgage Interest Rates this week: March 2, 2015 – Rates Improved

MortgagePorter-JobsReportThis being the first week of the month, means that Friday, we will have the Jobs Report. Last month, the better than expected Jobs Report sent mortgage rates trending higher.

Here are some of the economic indicators scheduled to be released this week:

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: February 23, 2015

mortgageporter-economyThis week is packed full of economic indicators and events that may influence the direction of mortgage interest rates, including Fed Head Janet Yellen’s two day testimony in front of Congress which starts tomorrow. Here’s a list of economic indicators scheduled to be released this week:

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And the Fed said… [LIVE MORTGAGE RATE POST]

20140504_210758Mortgage rates are pretty much unchanged following yesterday’s sell off in the bond market causing rates to trend higher. Today at 11:00 am Seattle time, the Fed will release the minutes from the last FOMC meeting. This tends to influence mortgage rates so I thought it would be interesting to do a live rate mortgage rate post. You can follow me on Twitter @mortgageporter to see when I’ve updated this post.

Rates quoted below will be based on a sales price of $500,000 with 20% down payment, loan amount of $400,000. Borrowers have credit scores of 740 or higher. Rates quoted are subject to credit approval and may change at anytime. If I can provide you with a mortgage rate quote, click here.

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: February 9, 2015.

mortgageporter-economyThis week’s economic calendar appears to be sparse. Watch for mortgage rates to take direction from the stock market. Often, mortgage rates will react opposite to the stock market as rates are based on mortgage backed securities (bonds). When stocks are having a stellar day, traders will often pull bonds (like mortgage backed securities) to invest in stocks. And when the Dow is dropping, we tend to see mortgage rates improve as investors will seek the safety of bonds.

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: February 2, 2015 – Mortgage Rate Post – Rates Continue Lower

mmsc 12th manIt feels like a “Blue Monday” following yesterday’s disappointing loss at SB49. With that said, one thing I am NOT disappointed with is our Seattle Seahawks. What a great season. Thank you Seahawks and thank you fellow 12s! I am looking forward to the Seattle Mariners…and then SB50!  I know this has nothing to do with mortgage rates. 🙂

Back to work…

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Freddie Mac reports mortgage rates continue to slowly drift lower

Freddie Mac’s weekly rate report revealed that mortgage rates continued to trend lower last week.

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What May Impact Rates this Week: January 19, 2015 [Mortgage Rate Post: Rates trending lower]

10527303_10152476072701046_2911459444863856330_nHoly Catfish – the Seahawks are going to the Superbowl! Okay, now I can return to writing this week’s mortgage rate update.

This is a short week with yesterday’s holiday honoring Martin Luther King. There are not a lot of U.S. economic indicators scheduled to be released this week. Elsewhere in the world, China has some interesting developments taking place in their markets yesterday and the ECB’s monetary policy decision will be released on Thursday, which may impact our markets.

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