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Want a mortgage rate prediction for the next week? The polish is off the PIIGS, so to speak. Here's what it means for mortgage rates.

Want a mortgage rate prediction for the next week? I participate in the weekly Bankrate.com Mortgage Rate Trend Index survey. This week's results may have your answers.

Need a mortgage rate prediction? I participate in the Bankrate.com Mortgage Rate Trend Index. This week's survey tells you whether to lock or float your rate.

Looking for a mortgage rate prediction? I am a voting member in the Bankrate.com Mortgage Rate Trend Index. This week's survey should give you good guidance.

As I told Bankrate.com this week : "Middle East unrest trumps inflation this week. And that's saying something." There's a small window to lock a low rate. Don't miss it.

Every now and again -- like what we're seeing this week in Egypt -- world events unleash uncertainty into the global investor psyche. Uncertainty is equal to risk and mortgage bonds gain on the news. Rates are falling this week, but don't look for it to last.

There's two ways to play this market. You can (1) lock your mortgage rate now, or (2) wait to see if rates will start to fall again. The better course is the former. Rates won't fall long-term.

Stop waiting for rates to "come back". Stop thinking the markets "are due". Stop thinking you have a day "to think it over". They won't, they're not, and you don't. Rates will fall this week. The time to lock is now.

Stop waiting for rates to "come back". Stop thinking the markets "are due". Stop thinking you have a day "to think it over". They won't, they're not, and you don't. What we're living through right now is the natural correction that follows a historic, 7-month rally.

I can't help but think that the market looks a lot like May 2009. Inflation fears took rates up 1.125% in 10 days back then.