{"id":110,"date":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:00:00","slug":"mortgage-rates-arent-backing-down-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/mortgage-rates-arent-backing-down-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Rates Aren\u2019t Backing Down Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/theresa-miller\/rates-baking-yet\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Mortgage rates could hover around 7% through year-end, keeping affordability pressured unless inflation cools enough to change the Fed\u2019s trajectory.<br \/>\nSticky inflation and another potential Fed hike could push mortgage costs higher, while wider MBS spreads add further pressure to borrowing rates.<br \/>\nA meaningful rate drop would need sustained inflation progress, calmer long-term yields, supportive Fed signals, and healthier mortgage-backed securities spreads.<br \/>\nFor buyers, investors, and refinancers, today\u2019s rates should remain the planning baseline, while future rate relief should be treated as potential upside.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mortgage rates could hover around 7% through year-end, keeping affordability pressured unless inflation cools enough to change the Fed\u2019s trajectory. Sticky inflation and another potential Fed hike could push mortgage costs higher, while wider MBS spreads add further pressure to borrowing rates. A meaningful rate drop would need sustained inflation progress, calmer long-term yields, supportive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddobossierrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}