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Quicken Loans Capital Markets Update – Bond Market Hurt From High Yields on Benchmark 10-Year Note

by on August 7, 2009 in Market Update

Quicken Loans Capital Markets Update for August 7, 2009
The Employment Report showed that the change in payrolls is at -247,000 which brings it to the 19th month of declines. Unemployment is lower at 9.4%, and the workweek moved up from 33.0 hours a week to 33.1 hours.

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Quicken Loans Capital Markets Update – Mortgage Rates Volatile Amid Economic Announcements

by on July 23, 2009 in Market Update

Quicken Loans Capital Markets Update for July 23, 2009
The bond market moved lower yesterday in anticipation of today’s announcement from the Treasury that they will be auctioning around $110 billion in bonds next week.

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Mortgage Rates Case Study – How News of the Swine Flu Lowered Mortgage Rates

by on April 28, 2009 in Mortgage Rates

This is an interesting example of how things work in the U.S financial markets. One unexpected thing leads to another and next thing you know, mortgage rates are lower.

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Bond Markets Settle Down After Jobless Report Released

by on April 23, 2009 in Market Update

Mortgage News from Quicken Loans reports that the April 22 week jobless report posted a 27,000 increase of job loss in the U.S. This however, had a slightly positive bias on the bond market.

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Rates Slide as Employment Report is Released

by on June 3, 2005 in Mortgage Rates

The U.S. Department of Labor released lower than expected May employment figures this morning. As a result, the 10 year Treasury yield is nearing 40 year lows and mortgage rates are following.

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Drop In Mortgage Rates Likely Temporary

by on April 20, 2005 in Mortgage Rates

Last week's dramatic decline in mortgage rates were spurred on by statements from the Federal Reserve. Find out why experts predict these rates won't last long and why now may be consumers' last best chance to lock in a historically low mortgage rate.

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