Friday morning, at 8:30 AM ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its June Non-Farm Payrolls report. If you’re currently shopping for a mortgage, or floating a mortgage rate, be prepared. Mortgage rates can change following the monthly report’s release.
Often, by a lot.
More commonly...
As home buyers in the Seattle area , we tend to research homes a lot. We look at square footage; at upgrades; at landscaping; at community statistics; and, at every other “number” on which we can get our hands.
But those are just statistics. What about the home’s...
Mortgage markets worsened last week as Wall Street’s renewed optimism pushed equities to their best one-week gain in 2 years. The change in sentiment was bad news for rate shoppers, however, as investors pored into stocks at the expense of bonds.
Last week, for the first time since February,...
The interest rate differential between fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages continues to widen and has now reached historic levels.
There’s never been a better time to lock an ARM.
According to Freddie Mac’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey, homeowners in Seattle who lock their...
