{"id":3,"date":"2026-08-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/teamjacksonsellsatlanta-com\/2026\/08\/31\/us-mortgage-rates-hold-mid-6\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:00:00","slug":"us-mortgage-rates-hold-mid-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/us-mortgage-rates-hold-mid-6\/","title":{"rendered":"US Mortgage Rates Hold Mid-6%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/lawrence-jackson-1128642\/mortgage-rate-forecast-predictions-for-the-housing-market-through-2028-c128\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In Mid-Q3, the avg. 30-yr fixed rate sat near 7%, and an expert expected near-term borrowing costs to stay in the mid-6% range.<br \/>\nAcross major forecasts, analysts expected the 30-yr fixed rate to remain ~6% to mid-6% through 2028, with no return to much lower ranges.<br \/>\nFor buyers, waiting on dramatically lower rates may mean missing a market with slower price growth, more listings, and fewer bidding-war pressures.<br \/>\nIn the current market, pending and existing home sales edged higher, and improving inventory plus builder concessions could give buyers and sellers more flexibility.<br \/>\nRefinancing relief appears limited, but homeowners can still consider refinancing to shorten a loan, switch from an ARM, or access equity strategically.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Mid-Q3, the avg. 30-yr fixed rate sat near 7%, and an expert expected near-term borrowing costs to stay in the mid-6% range. Across major forecasts, analysts expected the 30-yr fixed rate to remain ~6% to mid-6% through 2028, with no return to much lower ranges. For buyers, waiting on dramatically lower rates may mean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamjacksonsellsatlanta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}