In its May 2025 Economic and Housing Outlook, Fannie Mae revised its mortgage forecast, anticipating rates to reach 6.1% by the end of this year, and 5.8% by the end of 2026.

Fannie Mae also foresees more home sales than it did in June, but the Mortgage Bankers Association reduced its origination ...

Interest rate traders are nearly unanimous that the central bank will keep benchmark rates at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% after its meeting on June 17-18, according to the CME Group ’s FedWatch tool.

Fannie Mae now expects rates around 6.1% by the end of 2025 and 5.8% by the end of 2026. According to Smith, mortgage rates could move lower slowly and steadily, but numerous risks could keep ...

Fannie Mae’s forecast for 2025 home sales, GDP growth just got a bit sunnier The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate is now projected to end 2025 at 6.1% May 21, 2025, 2:49pm by Jonathan Delozier ...

The head of the federal agency responsible for overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to resign if the central bank did not cut rates that ...

Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's regulator called for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to step down on Wednesday if he doesn't cut short-term rates, as monetary policymakers left them unchanged ...

The overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is waging an online battle to force out Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Over the span of 24 hours, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director ...

The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans ticked down to 6.84% for the week ending June 5, down from 6.85% last week, according to Freddie Mac. Rates averaged 6.95% during the same period in 2024.

Check out CNET Money's weekly mortgage rate forecast for a more in-depth look at what’s next for Fed rate cuts, labor data and inflation. For a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, the average rate you ...