How Rising Interest Rates Are Shifting Buyer and Seller Leverage

Where Rates Stand Right Now The benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate has been holding in the mid-6% range through much of 2026. Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey put the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 6.67% as of August 13, 2026, down slightly from 6.69% the week before, and up from 6.58% a year earlier. Forecasters …

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