Delaware Mortgage Rates Weekly Update August 6, 2012
Delaware mortgage rate weekly update for the week of August 6, 2012, by John R. Thomas from Primary Residential Mortgage in Newark, Delaware. John is the branch manager and the author of the book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware. Call 302-703-0727 to get a free mortgage planning consultation or APPLY ONLINE for Delaware mortgage loan
Delaware mortgage rates ended the week last week higher as the stock market rallied on some “good” economic news that was reported on Friday. We saw the Labor Department release the July 2012 Jobs Report which showed 163,000 jobs were added well above the 100,000 expected. This news was enough to cause a big rally in the stock market and pulled money out of the bond market which causes Delaware home loan rates to increase on Friday. Even with this good news we still saw the unemployment number rise from 8.2% to 8.3%. This is the 42nd straight month the unemployment rate has been above 8%. The Labor Participation Rate also decreased and showed no pick up in hours worked.