by Calculated Risk on 10/11/2016 07:51:00 PM

From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rate Trend is Not Your Friend

Mortgage Rates were higher again today, marking the 9th straight day without any improvement. 3.625% is quickly becoming the most prevalent conventional 30yr fixed quotes on top tier scenarios, though quite a few lenders remain at 3.5%.
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Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

• At 10:00 AM, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for August from the BLS. Jobs openings increased in July to 5.871 million from 5.643 million in June.

• At 2:00 PM, The Fed will release the FOMC minutes for the Meeting of September 20-21.