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Mortgage rates jumped a bit in the past couple of days, with average 30-year mortgage rates back up above 7%. Rates are expected to fall along with inflation, but hot economic data appears to be keeping rates high this week.
On Thursday, the Department of Labor reported that applications for unemployment fell last week, a sign that the labor market remains tight.