Time For My 6 Month rate Prediction!

It’s once again time for my 6 month rate prediction. I’ve been doing a rate prediction blog for the past year and a half and I’ve been pretty spot on. Currently the 30 year fixed Freddie Mac average rate is 3.84% with .7 points. So what will the rate be at the end of this year? I’m going to predict a slight increase of .25% to .375%. Why the increase?

Several factors lead me to believe rates will rise. The biggest being that the FED is just dying to raise them. For the past year and a half they have wanted to increase the FED Funds rate but the economy has just not supported an increase. While the unemployment rate has dropped the number of people who have stopped looking for jobs has risen. Plus wages have not increased either. I believe all of these things will improve slightly and the FED will react immediately. All we need is one stellar employment report and rates will rise quickly.

We have now had a 5 year stretch with 30 year rates under 5% and a 13 year stretch with rates under 7%. That’s incredible. When I entered the business 28 years ago rates were 10.5%. So lets be thankful and enjoy it while it’s still low!