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In 2021, we saw mortgage interest rates between 2% and 3% — some of the lowest rates we've ever had on record. Even now, mortgage rates hover around 7% for a 30-year conventional mortgage loan.

Currently, the Mortgage Bankers Association predicts a 6.5% average mortgage rate by the end of the year (though that prediction is from the group's August 15 forecast).

But mortgage rates move around on a daily, and even hourly, basis in response to a range of factors, including monetary policy, economic data, 10-year Treasury yields and investor expectations.

I took this rate-swing history and applied it to 2023’s year-end 6.6% average rate to create a forecast range for 2024. Some simple math suggests the average 30-year mortgage rate will run ...

Fannie Mae predicts rates will edge down to 6.1 percent by the end of the year, while the Mortgage Bankers Association expects 30-year rates will barely decrease, to 6.6 percent by the end of 2025.