Mortgage Bankers Predict Mortgage Rates to Drop to 5.4% by End of 2023. A Year Ago, They Forecast 4% by Now, but Now Weβre at 7%. Wishful Thinking by Crushed Mortgage Lenders?
Mortgage Bankers Predict Mortgage Rates to Drop to 5.4% by End of 2023. A Year Ago, They Forecast 4% by Now, but Now Weβre at 7%. Wishful Thinking by Crushed Mortgage Lenders?
Abstract
The mortgage industry makes its revenues from writing mortgages and then selling the mortgages to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other financial institutions that then securitize the mortgages into MBS. The mortgage refinance business has collapsed by 85% from a year ago, to the lowest level since the year 2000. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 7.29% today. The weekly measure last week rose. Last week rose to 6.94%.
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