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Some thought we could see rates hit 5-5.5% by the end of the year.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002F05121658\u002F20170608-Share-STM.jpg","To start the year, housing experts all agreed on one thing: 2017 was going to be the year we would see mortgage interest rates begin to rise. After years of historically low rates, and an improving economy, the question wasn’t \u003Cem>if they would increase\u003C\u002Fem> but instead \u003Cem>how much they would increase\u003C\u002Fem>. Some thought we could see rates hit 5-5.5% by the end of the year.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nHowever, the exact opposite has happened. Instead of higher rates as we head into the middle of 2017, we now have the lowest rates of the year (as reported by \u003Cem>Freddie Mac\u003C\u002Fem>). Here is a graph of mortgage rate movement since the beginning of the year:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002F20170608-STM-ENG1.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-35634\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002F20170608-STM-ENG1.jpg\" alt=\"Mortgage Interest Rates Reverse Course in 2017 | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Projections still call for an increase…\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nFour major entities (\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freddiemac.com\u002Fresearch\u002Fpdf\u002F201705-Outlook-05%2024%202017.pdf\">\u003Cem>Freddie Mac\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem>,\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fanniemae.com\u002Fresources\u002Ffile\u002Fresearch\u002Femma\u002Fpdf\u002FHousing_Forecast_051617.pdf\">\u003Cem>Fannie Mae\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mba.org\u002FDocuments\u002FResearch\u002FMtg%20Fin%20Forecast%20May%202017.pdf\">\u003Cem>Mortgage Bankers Association\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> and the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nar.realtor\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Freports\u002F2017\u002Fembargoes\u002Fphs-05-31\u002Fforecast-05-2017-us-economic-outlook-05-31-2017.pdf\">\u003Cem>National Association of Realtors\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>) are still projecting that rates will increase by the fourth quarter of the year.\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002F20170608-STM-ENG2.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-35635\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002F20170608-STM-ENG2.jpg\" alt=\"Mortgage Interest Rates Reverse Course in 2017 | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nNo one knows for sure where interest rates will be in six months. However, if you are thinking about buying your first house or trading up to the home of your dreams, you can still get a mortgage at historically low rates \u003Cem>RIGHT NOW\u003C\u002Fem>.","\r\nNo one knows for sure where interest rates will be in six months. 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