Category Archives: Jobs

Make A Mortgage Rate Plan BEFORE Friday’s Jobs Report

Mortgage rates could move higher beginning tomorrow morning. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its February jobs report at 8:30 AM ET. Home buyers and rate shoppers in Chicago ......

Unemployment Rate Drops To Lowest In 2 Years

Americans are getting back to work. Sort of. This morning, at 8:30 AM ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Non-Farm Payrolls report for January 2011. More commonly called “the......

December’s Job Report : Good For Home Affordability

On the first Friday of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Non-Farm Payrolls report. More commonly called “the jobs report”, the government’s data include......

Mortgage Rates Rapidly Rising On Jobs Data; More Risk Ahead For Friday

Mortgage rates are rising, up nearly 1 percent since mid-October. Tomorrow, rates could rise again. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the November jobs report at 8:30 A.M. ET Friday. Wit......

Today’s Jobs Report Will Keep Mortgage Rates Highly Volatile

Mortgage rates have been falling since April, shedding more than 1 percentage point since the Refi Boom began. Today, that momentum could lose some steam. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releas......

Jobs Data Shows Private Sector Growth, Hints At Lower Mortgage Rates

On the first Friday of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Non-Farm Payrolls report from the month prior.  This month, though, because the first Friday of the month wa......

August 2010 Jobs Report Pushes Mortgage Rates Higher

On the first Friday of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases Non-Farm Payrolls data for the month prior.  The data is more commonly called “the jobs report” and ......

Nervous About Mortgage Rates Rising? Lock Thursday — Ahead Of Friday’s Jobs Report

Mortgage rates have been falling since April but that momentum could reverse tomorrow. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the July jobs report at 8:30 A.M. ET Friday. With a stronger-than......

June’s Jobs Report Wasn’t As Bad As The Headlines (And How You Can Take Advantage)

In June, for the first time since December 2009, the U.S. workforce shrank. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy shed 125,000 jobs last month even as the Unemployment Rate ......

May 2010 Jobs Report Gives A Temporary Boost To Home Affordability

On the first Friday of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Non-Farm Payrolls data from the month prior.  The release is more commonly called “the jobs reportR......

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