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Mortgage Rates Expected to Move Lower in 2025 and 2026

Existing Home Sales Forecast Upgraded Slightly on Lower Rate Outlook Mortgage rates are now expected to end 2025 and 2026 at 6.3 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, downward revisions of three-tenths for each, according to the March 2025 commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The lower mortgage rate outlook resulted in a small upward revision to the ESR Group’s existing home sales outlook in 2025, though expectations for

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Economy Enters 2025 on Strong Footing as Markets Digest Policy Uncertainty

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Mortgage Rates Predicted to End 2025 at 6.6 Percent but Remain Volatile Incoming gross domestic product (GDP), labor market, and inflation data point to an economy that entered 2025 with strong momentum, according to the February 2025 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. While the ESR Group’s GDP outlook is unchanged at 2.2 percent Q4/Q4 in 2025, it revised upward its expectations for the Consumer Price

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Mixed Data Complicates Economic Forecast, though Recession Remains Likely

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Lack of Homes for Sale Is Supporting Home Prices, New Home Construction Mixed data has painted a muddled picture of macroeconomic conditions in recent months, though a recession remains the most likely outcome of the rapid tightening of monetary policy and late-stage business cycle dynamics, according to the June 2023 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. While inflation has moderated partly due to slowing domestic and global economic

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Economy Resumes Gradual Slowdown Following Bank Turmoil

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Mortgage Demand and Home Prices Prove Resilient; Sales Expected to Decline Further Due primarily to an upward revision in recent consumer spending data, Fannie Mae’s (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group now forecasts stronger first quarter GDP growth but maintains its belief that economic momentum is running out of steam, according to the ESR Group’s latest monthly commentary. While the acute panic following the bank failures in March appears to have

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