Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Non-Farm Payrolls report. If you're actively shopping for a mortgage, today may be a prudent day to lock a mortgage.

If you're out shopping for a home this week, or trying to lock a mortgage rate, with Friday comes home affordability risk. Consider locking your mortgage rate today.

When jobs come back, analysts say, so does the economy. That should push mortgage rates higher.

If you're shopping for a mortgage rate, today may be a good day to lock one down. That's because Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Non-Farm Payrolls report for August 2011.