Mortgage Rate Predictions For The Next 30 Days (January 14, 2010)

January's job report and retail sales report both went negative, and Pending Home Sales failed to impress. Furthermore, there's been a general softness about the economy and Fed members have gone silent on Fed Funds Rate matters. It's a reversal from December and expectations for 2010 are dialed back a bit. Mortgage rates are falling, but have likely bottomed out.