JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said that accurate economic forecasts are a challenge because key shifts are apparent only in hindsight, citing tariffs and trade uncertainty, worsening geopolitical conditions, high fiscal deficits and elevated asset prices, Reuters reported June 15.

And since mortgage rates drive so much of the U.S. housing market, I thought I’d collect the best thinking here. We recently released the HousingWire Housing Market 2025 Forecast .

Forecasts for 2025 show average 30-year fixed mortgage rates hovering around the mid-6% range for a while. Logan Mohtahsami , lead analyst at HousingWire, expects rates to range between 5.75% and ...

Interest rate forecast 2026. Economists anticipate interest rates will drift lower at a slower pace in 2026. The FOMC projects fed funds rates of 2.9% at year-end 2026 and 2027.

Mortgage Rates Forecast: How Housing Market Will Change in the Near Future. ... "A robust July retail sales report showed that U.S. consumers continue to spend despite higher interest rates and ...

Rates may be stable in December . The Federal Reserve is meeting again in December, but while multiple additional rate cuts were projected through 2025, higher inflation could throw a wrench in ...

The HousingWire forecast for mortgage rates in 2025 is a range between 5.75% and 7.25%.. Some observers scoff at the wide 150 basis point range in our expectations for the year, as though it’s a ...

Market Extra Stock market to face reality check when Fed updates its interest-rate forecasts How the ‘dot plot’ changes — and how Fed Chair Jerome Powell addresses those changes — will be ...

Interest-rate forecasts from Federal Reserve officials sparked a mixed reaction from U.S. bond markets Wednesday, suggesting that investors still have questions on how much the central bank will ...