{"id":2001,"date":"2017-11-14T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/mortgage-interest-rates-are-going-up-should-i-wait-to-buy\/"},"modified":"2017-11-14T11:00:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T11:00:19","slug":"mortgage-interest-rates-are-going-up-should-i-wait-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/mortgage-interest-rates-are-going-up-should-i-wait-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Interest Rates Are Going Up\u2026 Should I Wait to Buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Mortgage<\/p>\n

Mortgage interest rates, as reported<\/a> by\u00a0Freddie Mac<\/em>, have increased over the\u00a0last several weeks<\/a>.\u00a0Freddie Mac,<\/em>\u00a0along with\u00a0Fannie Mae,<\/em> the\u00a0Mortgage Bankers Association\u00a0<\/em>and the\u00a0National Association of Realtors,<\/em>\u00a0is calling for mortgage rates to continue to rise over the next four quarters.<\/span><\/p>\n

This has caused some purchasers to lament the fact that they may no longer be able to get a rate below 3.5%. However, we must realize that current rates are still at historic lows.<\/p>\n

Here is a chart showing the average mortgage interest rate over the last several decades:<\/p>\n

\"Mortgage<\/a><\/p>\n

Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Though you may have missed getting the lowest mortgage rate ever offered, you can still get a better interest rate than your older brother or sister did ten years ago, a lower rate than your parents did twenty years ago, and a better rate than your grandparents did forty years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mortgage interest rates, as reported by\u00a0Freddie Mac, have increased over the\u00a0last several weeks.\u00a0Freddie Mac,\u00a0along with\u00a0Fannie Mae, the\u00a0Mortgage Bankers Association\u00a0and the\u00a0National Association of Realtors,\u00a0is calling for mortgage rates to continue to rise over the next four quarters. 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