The average rate on the 30-year-fixed mortgage jumped 27 basis points Friday morning following the release of the government's monthly employment report.
Mortgage rates do not follow the Fed, but they loosely follow the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury.
For mortgage rates, it is all about what the expectation is next for the Fed.
"MBA's forecast is for longer-term rates, including mortgage rates, to remain within a relatively narrow range over the next year," Mortgage Bankers Association's chief economist Michael Fratantoni wrote after the jobs report was released.
"This news will push mortgage rates to the top of that range, but we do expect that mortgage rates will stay close to 6% over the next 12 months."
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