Mortgage Rates 2-7-14

By Stevie Duffin Updated on 2/7/2014

What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Rates should stay the same, according to mortgage professionals voting on our daily poll.

The January Jobs Report data was well below expectations this morning, rounding off at 113K new jobs added rather than the projected 175K. Unemployment fell from 6.7% to 6.6%, but the labor force participation rate remains at only 63%, a 35 year low.

Recap: Q4 of 2013 had the highest productivity rating since the latter half of 2009 2009, following the trend of Q3. This is not attritbuted to new hires, given the current state of the workforce and economy, but likely employers expecting more out of current employees. Jobless Claims are down by 30K in the latest week, bringing the total to 331K. This is below the 335K expected. However, these numbers are still high and indicative of labor market struggle. 

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30 year (FRM) rates at 4.38% (+0.05). 

15 year (FRM) rates at 3.41% (+0.04). 

FHA 30 year Fixed rates at 4.00%. (+0.25).

Jumbo 30 year Fixed rates at 4.28% (+0.03).

5/1 ARM rates at 3.24% (+0.02).