{"id":73521,"date":"2026-04-02T19:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mortgage-rates-are-surging-foiling-homebuyers-best-laid-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:41:56","slug":"mortgage-rates-are-surging-foiling-homebuyers-best-laid-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mortgage-rates-are-surging-foiling-homebuyers-best-laid-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage rates are surging, foiling homebuyers&#8217; best-laid plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Surging mortgage rates are threatening to wash out the spring homebuying season.<\/p>\n<p>The rate on a conventional 30-year home loan rose to 6.46%, its highest level since September 2025, Freddie Mac <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Thursday. Borrowing costs have jumped sharply in recent weeks after having dipped\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mortgage-rates-below-6-percent-first-time-since-2022\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">below 6%<\/a><\/span> in late February. The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-oil-prices-israel-iranian-president-letter-american-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran war<\/a><\/span> is exerting further upward pressure on rates by stoking inflation concerns and driving up government bond yields, according to economists. Mortgage rates tend to track the 10-year Treasury bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For aspiring homeowners, the upsurge in borrowing costs is a major headache.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before this war, it was like, it could be a good buyer&#8217;s time now,&#8221; said Rachel Marks, a 41-year-old Brooklyn, New York, resident who recently started searching for a home. &#8220;Now it&#8217;s like, nope, stay away because everything is just going up, up, up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, the 10-year Treasury yield was 4.26%, up from 3.96% just before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When inflation goes up, investors in bonds \u2014 and that includes mortgage-backed securities \u2014 demand a higher return to compensate them for that increase,&#8221; explained Mike Fratantoni, chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), a trade group.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:392px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-Ns6bf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Ns6bf\/full.png\" alt=\"Mortgage rates over time (Line chart)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.datawrapper.de\/_\/Ns6bf\/\">  <\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>The direction of monetary policy is also weighing on the housing market, Fratantoni said. With <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cpi-report-today-february-2026-inflation-iran-war-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">inflation seemingly stuck<\/a><\/span> above the Federal Reserve&#8217;s 2% annual target, a growing number of economists and Wall Street analysts now predict that the central bank will refrain from lowering its benchmark rate for all of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mortgage rates will remain elevated, above 6%, in part because markets are pricing higher expected inflation into long-term rates,&#8221; economists with PNC Financial Services predicted in a report this week.<\/p>\n<h2>$84,000 difference<\/h2>\n<p>Prospective homebuyers are now grappling with the impact of an unexpected jump in mortgage rates.<\/p>\n<p>Devan Post, a 36-year-old corporate controller in Minnesota who&#8217;s in the market for a home offering more space for her family, in February thought she had found a property that ticked all the boxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A lender initially quoted her a rate of 5.85% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, she told CBS News. But before she and her husband could jump on the offer, the Iran war erupted. The lender&#8217;s latest quote: 6.49%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Post and her husband recently put in an offer on another home. While they&#8217;re one step closer to buying, she said the additional mortgage costs they face are discouraging,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You feel like you&#8217;re finally going to be entering the market when things are going your way. Like, rates are finally going down, we can actually afford a nice house,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And then it&#8217;s like, oh, wait, never mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the couple locks in at 6.49% and put 20% down, they would pay an extra $265 per month compared with the lower rate offer last month \u2014 that comes to $84,600 over the life of a 30-year loan, according to Realtor.com.<\/p>\n<h2>A weaker spring season?<\/h2>\n<p>Higher mortgage rates coincide with the start of the spring homebuying period, when demand normally starts to pick up. Experts had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/trends\/inventory-price-drop-weekly-housing-trends-march-12-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predicted<\/a>\u00a0a strong season, pointing to a modest increase in inventory, momentum in new construction and lower year-over-year listing prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The housing market was also eager to turn the page from last spring&#8217;s buying season, when President Trump&#8217;s &#8220;liberation day&#8221; tariffs sparked inflation and recession fears, according to Jake Krimmel, a senior economist at Realtor.com.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was going to be the year that the market rebounded in a noticeable way,&#8221; he told CBS News. &#8220;Conditions were forming for improved affordability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, higher mortgage rates have muddied the picture, with Oxford Economics noting in a recent report that the Iran war&#8217;s effect on the housing market &#8220;will likely send many buyers and sellers to the sidelines.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mortgage Bankers Association recently downgraded its outlook for home sales because of what it expects to be softer demand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A month ago, our forecast for 2026 was for an 8% increase in home sales compared to 2025. Now we&#8217;re looking for a 5% increase,&#8221; Fratantoni said.<\/p>\n<p>Krimmel said it&#8217;s too soon to tell if higher mortgage rates will chill demand for housing, noting that &#8220;nothing is flashing red yet.&#8221; In some cases, rising mortgage rates could even encourage people to jump on an offer to lock in a better deal before costs rise, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Still, some signs point to a slight slowdown in demand. 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