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Mortgage rates for most U.S. mortgage loans remained largely unchanged soon following news of rising unemployment claims.

The typical for any 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.28 percent, up slightly from 4.23 percent yesterday, according to the latest survey from mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. Even though the increase was small, it marked the very first time the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen in 2014. The favorite loan averaged 4.53 percent at the beginning of 2014 and was at 3.53 percent a year ago.

The 15-year fixed-rate average remained a similar week-over-week at 3.33 percent. It averaged 3.55 percent before you start on this year, and was at 2.77 percent last year.

Averages for hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages were mixed. At 3.08 percent this morning, 5-year ARM is actually trending at 3.05 percent. In 2009, it averaged 2.64 percent. Usually the one-year ARM rose to 2.55 percent from 2.51 percent a week ago. It averaged 2.61 percent right now last year.

“Mortgage rates were little changed amid per week of sunshine economic reports,” Frank Nothaft, second in command and chief economist for Freddie Mac, said in a very statement. “On the few releases, the economy added 113,000 jobsin January, that has been below industry consensus forecast and followed a slight upward revision of just one,000 jobs in December. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to.6 percent, making 13 consecutive months with no increase.”

Mortgage rates had been rising steadily in December as soon as the Federal Reserve announced it would start to taper its bond-buying stimulus program in January. The program has helped offset dramatic gains in tangible estate prices and kept affordability elevated as the market has stabilized. However, rates have eased over recent concerns that the market couldn't survive capable of support a dramatic upward shift in home prices.

Regardless of the recent economic reporting, the housing market most importantly continues to show signs of recovery.

Looking ahead, rates may improvement in the short-term caused by the upcoming January employment report. In the latest Type of mortgage Trend Survey by Bankrate.com, 63 percent from the analysts polled believe averages will increase over the a few weeks, while 1 / 4 of analysts polled believe rates will hold steady.

“I’m seeing commentary about an impending increase in wage growth,” said Bankrate.com Assistant Managing Editor Holden Lewis. “Frankly, I believe this is like commenting about a impending increase in the unicorn population, in case investors somehow become convinced that wages and hours are rising, then we’ll see a rise in mortgage rates.”