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Markets Ignore The April Jobs Report And It’s Good News For Mortgage Rates

Despite 290,000 jobs created in April 2010 — nearly twice the expected amount — and a 40 percent upward revision of March’s numbers, mortgage rates are essentially unchanged. In a normal environment, rates would be higher. Today is not normal. Continue reading

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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. Continue reading

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