{"id":2493,"date":"2018-10-02T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/mortgage-interest-rates-are-still-going-up-should-you-wait-to-buy\/"},"modified":"2018-10-02T10:00:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T10:00:47","slug":"mortgage-interest-rates-are-still-going-up-should-you-wait-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/mortgage-interest-rates-are-still-going-up-should-you-wait-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Interest Rates are Still Going Up\u2026 Should You Wait to Buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Mortgage<\/p>\n

Mortgage interest rates, as\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Freddie Mac<\/em>, have increased by close to a quarter of a percent over the\u00a0last several weeks. Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae,<\/em>\u00a0the\u00a0Mortgage Bankers Association,\u00a0<\/em>and the\u00a0National Association of Realtors<\/em>\u00a0are all calling for mortgage rates to rise another quarter of a percent by next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the predictions from the four major reporting agencies mentioned above, the Federal Open Market Committee<\/a><\/em> recently voted \u201cunanimously to approve a 1\/4 percentage point increase in the primary credit rate to 2.75 percent.\u201d<\/em> Historically, an increase in the primary credit rate has translated to an overall jump in mortgage interest rates as well.<\/p>\n

This has caused some purchasers to lament the fact that they may no longer be able to get a rate below 4%. 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 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\u00a0reported\u00a0by\u00a0Freddie Mac, have increased by close to a quarter of a percent over the\u00a0last several weeks. Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae,\u00a0the\u00a0Mortgage Bankers Association,\u00a0and the\u00a0National Association of Realtors\u00a0are all calling for mortgage rates to rise another quarter of a percent by next year. 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