Various factors influence a mortgage rate, but can the difference come down to the day of the week? In fact, there are some considerations to timing your mortgage refinance, even down to the date. Learn More: Fidelity Says This Is a Surprising Risk of Holding Too Much Cash — Do You Have Too Much? Read Now: 4 Low-Risk Ways To Build Your Savings in 2025 Here are some reasons why those looking to refinance their mortgages should probably avoid closing on Fridays. It turns out the imminent weekend — and there ...

The July non-farm payrolls report suggests the labor market may be weakening significantly. Employers added only 73,000 jobs, far below the 115,000 expected. More alarming are the massive downward revisions that eliminated 258,000 jobs from prior months.The unemployment rate edged up to 4.2% 2% while labor force participation fell to 62.2% its lowest since 2022. Long-term employment shot up by 179,000 bringing the total to 1.8% million and the number of new people entering the labor force but unable to find ...