Mortgage Rates 2014 Payments Going Higher

There’s a ton of Economic News coming out in the next few weeks, and when taken in combination with Regulation changes, we see rising mortgage interest rates continuing into early 2014.  That is great news, as more people are feeling secure in their jobs in the work force – and BAD news, if you are one of the hopefuls, still trying to buy a dream home, and will now face higher payments.

Mortgage Rates 2014 – REPORTS ON HOUSING STRENGTH

The Housing Starts Reports for this fall was just released with a much better than expected number of homes coming out of the ground – in fact the number of new homes coming online is growing faster than it has since 1990.

We don’t necessarily see this as great news for the Real Estate Market.

Included in the Housing Starts Reports are apartment complex units.  This adds more competition for the houses on the market that are not selling.  Arguably, there are fewer First Time Home Buyer homes available in many North Carolina Metro Real Estate Markets – so bringing Apartment Buildings into those markets means more people can live closer to their jobs.


If you are a Seller in the $400,000 and up price range though – does it really hurt you as you wait for some (probable) second time home buyer to come along and take the house off your hands?  Well, it could.  Because as a Renter in a NEW Apartment Complex, you are not likely to be paying lower rent so that you can save for a larger home (that’s just MHO).

Existing home sales for November will be released this Thursday, and economists are projecting that the National Association of Realtors will then report sales of 4.98 million on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis.

The consensus is for October Real Estate sales to decline nationally, proving our point that just because there’s a “report” saying everything is GREAT – you need to understand what the Report is ACTUALLY saying.

In fact, the FED Announced that it is going to stop purchasing quite so many mortgages as part of the QEIII Program in January , as they begin “tapering” the QE program.

This kind thinking usually leads to concerns about Inflation. 

Inflation is what tends to push mortgage rates higher.  In fact, since May of 2013, the Fannie Mae yields have gone from 2.28% to a current yield of  3.53%. What does that mean for mortgage interest rates?
In May, we hit the lowest point of the Government Backed Mortgage rates at about 1% above the Fannie Yield.  Today, after the FED Announcement, we are still in the “about” 1% above Fannie Mae yields for Government Backed 30 year fixed rate mortgages (depends on what kind of home you are purchasing, where it is located and what kind of credit profile the borrower has to get an exact rate).


(more information on Mortgage Rates 2014 and how that will change your payment when buying a home found here)

BOTTOM LINE

The best time to buy a home is right this minute. If you’ve been on the fence – hop off.  Mortgage payments are not likely to be this low for many years to come!

So what are you waiting on?  Tired of Renting?  Buy a House!

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Originally posted at NC Mortgage Experts