The market currently projects an interest rate cut in the fall, though two Fed officials floated the possibility of a rate ...

After reaching a peak of 7.04% in January 2025, mortgage rates retreated to the mid-6% range in March but then reversed ...

And since mortgage rates drive so much of the U.S. housing market, I thought I’d collect the best thinking here. We recently released the HousingWire Housing Market 2025 Forecast .

Some investors had clung to a bit of hope that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates at its next meeting on July 30.

Forecasts for 2025 show average 30-year fixed mortgage rates hovering around the mid-6% range for a while. Logan Mohtahsami , lead analyst at HousingWire, expects rates to range between 5.75% and ...

Interest rate forecast 2026. Economists anticipate interest rates will drift lower at a slower pace in 2026. The FOMC projects fed funds rates of 2.9% at year-end 2026 and 2027.

The HousingWire forecast for mortgage rates in 2025 is a range between 5.75% and 7.25%.. Some observers scoff at the wide 150 basis point range in our expectations for the year, as though it’s a ...

Major Wall Street brokerages have retracted forecasts for a September interest rate cut by the Bank of England as inflation ...

Market Extra Stock market to face reality check when Fed updates its interest-rate forecasts How the ‘dot plot’ changes — and how Fed Chair Jerome Powell addresses those changes — will be ...

Interest-rate forecasts from Federal Reserve officials sparked a mixed reaction from U.S. bond markets Wednesday, suggesting that investors still have questions on how much the central bank will ...

Australian unemployment unexpectedly climbed to a four-year high in June as hiring almost stalled, suggesting a loosening of ...