The market currently projects an interest rate cut in the fall, though two Fed officials floated the possibility of a rate cut this month. Fed Chair Powell has reaffirmed a "wait and see" posture, with concerns over the inflationary impact of tariffs.

After reaching a peak of 7.04% in January 2025, mortgage rates retreated to the mid-6% range in March but then reversed course and have remained stuck between 6.75% and 6.9% since early May. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.

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.

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 .

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 ...

Mortgage Rates Forecast: How Housing Market Will Change in the Near Future. ... "A robust July retail sales report showed that U.S. consumers continue to spend despite higher interest rates and ...

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 ...

Swedish banking group Swedbank reported a net profit for the second quarter that beat market expectations on Thursday but said the global economy remained marked by uncertainty with weakening activity in its main market Sweden.

SYDNEY: The Australian dollar slid on Thursday after jobs data badly missed forecasts and unemployment hit highs

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 ...