{"id":7481,"date":"2021-03-09T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/how-upset-should-you-be-about-3-mortgage-rates\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T11:00:12","slug":"how-upset-should-you-be-about-3-mortgage-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/how-upset-should-you-be-about-3-mortgage-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"How Upset Should You Be about 3% Mortgage Rates?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last Thursday, Freddie Mac<\/em> announced<\/a> that their 30-year fixed mortgage rate was over 3% (3.02%) for the first time since last July. That news dominated real estate headlines that day and the next. Articles talked about the “negative impact” it may have on the housing market. However, we should realize two things:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The bump-up in rate should not have surprised anyone<\/strong>. Many had already projected<\/a> that rates would rise slightly as we proceeded through the year.<\/p>\n

2. Freddie Mac<\/em><\/strong>’s comments about the rate increase were not alarming<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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“The rise in mortgage rates over the next couple of months is likely to be more muted in comparison to the last few weeks, and we expect a strong spring sales season.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A “muted<\/em>” rise in rates will not sink the real estate market, and most experts agree that it will be “a strong spring sales season<\/strong>.”<\/em><\/p>\n

What does this mean for you?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Obviously, any buyer would rather mortgage rates not rise at all, as any upward movement increases their monthly mortgage payment. However, let’s put a 3.02% rate into perspective. Here are the Freddie Mac<\/em> annual mortgage rates<\/a> for the last five years:<\/p>\n