Mortgage rates cling to 6% as jobs data softens; Pizza Hut lines up 250 closures
Freddie Mac reported the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 6.11% this week, up from 6.10%. Mortgage News Daily’s daily rate dipped to 6.17% on Thursday. U.S. job openings fell to 6.5 million in December, the lowest since September 2020. Initial jobless claims rose by 22,000 to 231,000 for the week ending Jan. 31.