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Rates Plummet To Record Breaking 2.72% - Housing Market Update

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Published 
November 21, 2020

Record Breaking 2.72%

Rates have hit an all-time low at a 2.72% on a 30-year loan. That's the average across the US right now. And we've been seeing interest rates continue to decline over these past few months. Now on a 15 year again, record-breaking at 2.28%.

Benefits and downsides

So let's talk about what does this actually means are the benefits and the downsides of this.

Pros

You're obviously saving money. If you get a lower interest rate, if you purchase a refinance now.

17 weeks below 3%

So we're seeing a 17 week run of rates below 3%. This is wild in the history of interest rates.

You can afford more!

So obviously you can save more money. A lower interest rate means less interest that you pay over the life of the loan on a purchase or refinance. That's fantastic.

Save more on refinance

Saving more money on your refi. So currently, if you have a loan, even if you got a loan last a year, that might've been around 4%, you can now refinance that down to 2.72% on average. Now, this isn't for every single scenario, but it's going to be for most people sitting around that two to 3% range.

Cons

Now let's talk about why these rates are not, always great.

High competition

Number one is it's creating high competition in the market. Because rates are low, it's pushing more buyers out into the market and making it more difficult to get an accepted offer.

Difficult to save for down payment

It's also making it incredibly difficult to save for a down payment because home prices are climbing up, meaning you have more money saved to have the same down payment that you did a year ago.

Skyrocketing prices

We're also seeing skyrocketing prices where people are overbidding because they have more spending power now with the cash that they have.

Credible

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The Forecast

Now let's jump into a forecast here of what we're anticipating over the next few months and possibly the next year.

Federal Reserve

So the Federal Reserve has been buying bonds, to lower rates and prevent credit backup. So basically what's been happening in the federal reserve has been kind of artificially stimulating the economy through purchasing mortgage bonds. We're not gonna get into the complexity. The economics behind all of that, but just know that the federal reserve has been committed to keeping interest rates low over the next few years. So if you're seeing this 2.72 and thinking, oh my gosh, I have to purchase a refinance. Now just know that we're probably going to be seeing these interest rates for quite some time.

Overnight rate is zero until 2023

In fact, the Federal Reserve has said that they're going to keep the overnight lending rate as close to zero until 2023. Now the. Doesn't exactly correlate to mortgage rates, but it's a good indicator to see where the Fed's mindset is, where they're at right now is they're wanting to say, how do we make lending cheaper for everybody so that the economy gets stimulated, more purchases come through. And so that's our main goal here until 2023.

Expecting rates for 2%-3.99%

We're expecting rates to stay between 2% to 3.99%. So anywhere the twos and the threes expect rates to be there for a while. Honestly, I would expect them to be there for a couple of years. I don't anticipate rates are going to continue. Even in a much lower than they are right now on average. If they get super low then we might have a bigger economic problem, but I also don't anticipate they're going to skyrocket up anytime soon, especially with where the feds mine is at.

Correction with construction to catch up with demand

A big thing here is we're expecting correction especially with construction catching up with men. So right now there's crazy high demand. Meaning there aren't a lot of homes available and construction is not able to meet the demands of buyers. So as new construction is able to start slowly catching up with the demand and more inventory comes up. That means home prices are going to come back down to somewhat more affordable, ranges than they are currently right now.

FHFA forbearance relief

There's also an expectation of the federal housing finance agency to extend forbearance relief. They haven't clarified exactly, but they said they are going to be watching COVID closely and changing their policies as needed. It's very big, but most people are anticipating for is going to be extended by another bill.

That's going to be passed. Obviously, it's possible that that could not happen. So I have to see what ends up happening there, but most people anticipate that forbearance relief is going to continue that way we won't see a wave of a foreclosure crisis.

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Kyle Andrew Seagraves is Federal Mortgage Loan Originator (NMLS 1701021) licensed in all 50 states with the Dan Frio Team at Allied First Bank (NMLS 203463), an Equal Housing Lender. Separately, Kyle owns Win The House You Love LLC, an education company. Win The House You Love LLC is not a lender, does not issue loan qualifications, and does not extend credit of any kind. This website is only for educational usage. All calculations should be verified independently. This website is not an offer to lend and should not directly be used to make decisions on home offers, purchasing decisions, nor loan selections. Not guaranteed to provide accurate results, imply lending terms, qualification amounts, nor real estate advice. Seek counsel from a licensed real estate agent, loan originator, financial planner, accountant, and/or attorney for real estate, legal, and/or financial advice.

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